Wernicke’s encephalopathy: risk factors
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Wernicke’s encephalopathy: risk factors. This is an encephalopathy that arises from deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine).
Definition
- This is an encephalopathy that arises from deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine)
Nutritional
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References
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- Day E, Callaghan R, Kuruvilla T, George S, Webb K, Bentham P. Pharmacy-based intervention in Wernicke’s encephalopathy. The Psychiatrist 2010; 34:234-238.
- Scalzo SJ, Bowden SC, Ambrose ML, Whelan G, Cook MJ. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome not related to alcohol use: a systematic review. JNNP 2015; 86:1362-1368.
- Oudman E, Wijnia JW, Oey MJ, van Dam M, Postma A. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome despite no alcohol abuse: a summary of systematic reports. J Neurol Sci 2021; 426:117482.
- Branco de Oliveira MV, Bernabé DG, Irikura S, Irikura RB, Fontanelli AM, Gonçalves MVM. Wernicke encephalopathy in COVID-19 patients: report of three cases. Front Neurol 2021; 12:629273.
