01.12.2024.
Case report
Wernicke encephalopathy: Late-stage symptoms
Wernicke encephalopathy is a rare acute/subacute neurological disorder, commonly caused by prolonged thiamine deficiency in patients who chronically consume alcohol. According to the Caine classification criteria, the clinical diagnosis of this encephalopathy involves at least two of the following four signs: nutritional deficiency, oculomotor dysf...
By Aleksandra Lučić-Prokin, Vladimir Galić, Timea Kokai-Zekić, Vedran Žigić