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Anorexia nervosa and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome: a case report

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By Luiz Silva, Laura Saad, Claudio EM Banzato, Clarissa R Dantas
| Journal of Medical Case Reports Verified
Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) is an acute, neuropsychiatric syndrome resulting from thiamine deficiency. According to autopsy-based studies, the disorder is still greatly underdiagnosed in both adults and children: the classic triad of WE - the acute onset of ocular abnormalities, ataxia and a global confusional state - is present in only 16% of affected patients [1].
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