Year 2020 / Volume 112 / Number 5
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Wernicke's encephalopathy in a patient with late-onset enterocolic fistula after bariatric surgery

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.6598/2019

Lucía Seoane Blanco, Carlos Andrés Vargas González, Eduardo Junquera Alonso,

Abstract
Wernicke´s encephalopathy (WE) is an acute neurologic disorder secondary to thiamine deficiency. We report the case of a patient with history of bariatric surgery who develops a late-onset enterocolic fistula, with alcohol consumption associated.
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Seoane Blanco L, Vargas González C, Junquera Alonso E. Wernicke's encephalopathy in a patient with late-onset enterocolic fistula after bariatric surgery. 6598/2019


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Publication history

Received: 29/08/2019

Accepted: 27/09/2019

Online First: 27/04/2020

Published: 08/05/2020

Article Online First time: 242 days

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