A 'posterior circulation stroke' that benefits from vitamins

Am J Med. 2014 Feb;127(2):e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.10.007. Epub 2013 Oct 19.

Authors

Theodoros Karapanayiotides¹, Athanasia Anastasiou², Nikolaos Barmpas², Nikolaos Grigoriadis³, Dimitrios Karacostas³

Affiliations

¹ 2(nd) Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Radiology, Hippokrateion Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
³ 2(nd) Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 24332723
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.10.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Activities of Daily Living
Aged
Amnesia / etiology
Brain / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Errors*
Female
Greece
Humans
Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery / diagnosis*
Infusions, Intravenous
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Malnutrition / complications
Self Care
Syndrome
Thiamine / administration & dosage*
Thiamine Deficiency / complications*
Thiamine Deficiency / diagnosis*
Thiamine Deficiency / etiology
Thiamine Deficiency / pathology
Treatment Outcome
Vitamin B Complex / administration & dosage*
Wernicke Encephalopathy / diagnosis*
Wernicke Encephalopathy / drug therapy*
Wernicke Encephalopathy / pathology

Substances

Vitamin B Complex
Thiamine