| Autor: |
Cissé AF; Service de neurologie, CHU Conakry Guinée. ousmanepaye5@yahoo.fr, Camara N, Diallo LL, Morel Y, Koné S, Camara MI, Koumbassa ML, Tafsir D, Soumah D, Djigué BS, Camara OB, Barry M, Bangoura SA, Kourouma S, Da Silva L, Cissé A |
| Jazyk: |
francouzština |
| Zdroj: |
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990) [Bull Soc Pathol Exot] 2008 Dec; Vol. 101 (5), pp. 402-3. |
| DOI: |
10.3185/pathexo3191 |
| Abstrakt: |
The authors report 13 cases of Gayet-Wernicke's encephalopathy observed in 13 patients of a refugee population. 11 presented the classical triad: oculomotor signs, cerebral ataxia and state of confusion and in 2 patients, only 2 symptoms were noted. The etiological factors: chronic alcoholism, malnutrition, uncontrollable vomiting, HIV and tuberculosis were identified. The outcome was evaluated on the basis of the disappearance of symptoms after treatment with 500 mg of thiamine in 7 patients, 1 death and 5 patients progressed toward Korsakoff amnesic syndrome. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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