Wernicke's encephalopathy as a presentation of severe thiamine deficiency after cardiac valve surgery: A case report and narrative review

Iran J Neurol. 2019 Apr 4;18(2):85-86.

Authors

Payam Sarraf^{1

2}, Dina Motamedi³, Arman Habibi¹, Sama Bitarafan¹

Affiliations

¹ Iranian Center of Neurological Research, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.

PMID: 31565206
PMCID: PMC6755503

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Keywords: Cardiac Surgery; Thiamine Deficiency; Wernicke Encephalopathy.