Wernicke Encephalopathy
Studies from Taipei Veterans General Hospital have provided new data on wernicke encephalopathy
Published in Medical Device Business Week, November 15th, 2006
A new study, "Correlation of magnetic resonance images with neuropathology in acute Wernicke's encephalopathy," is now available. "We correlated serial brain MRIs with neuropathological findings in a 16-year-old female whose autopsy was consistent with Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE). Diffusion-weighted imaging, diffusion coefficients mapping and neuropathology findings were suggested vasogenic edema in the periaqueductal and peri-the-fourth ventricular areas," scientists in Taipei, Taiwan report.
"This is the first documented case report to make this direct comparison. The characteristic WE changes in the mammillary body was also correlated with the findings of MRI with...
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