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01-07-2019 | Bariatric Surgery | Letter to the Editor

A Late Onset of Wernicke-Korsakoff Encephalopathy After Biliopancreatic Diversion: a Case Report

Authors: Marcantonio Negri, Noemi Macerola, Francesco Antonio Mancarella, Carmine Bruno, Francesca De Leva, Francesco D’Argento, Alfredo Pontecorvi, Anna Modoni, Linda Tartaglione, Mauro Di Leo, Dario Pitocco

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 7/2019

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Wernicke-Korsakoff encephalopathy (WKE) is a neurologic disease due to a severe thiamine deficiency. This vitamin, an essential cofactor for cellular metabolism, is not produced by the human organism, so its total supply comes from diet, being absorbed from the duodenum. …

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Title: A Late Onset of Wernicke-Korsakoff Encephalopathy After Biliopancreatic Diversion: a Case Report
Authors: Marcantonio Negri
Noemi Macerola
Francesco Antonio Mancarella
Carmine Bruno
Francesca De Leva
Francesco D’Argento
Alfredo Pontecorvi
Anna Modoni
Linda Tartaglione
Mauro Di Leo
Dario Pitocco
Publication date: 01-07-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric Surgery
Diarrhea
Nystagmus
Diarrhea
Encephalopathy
Published in: Obesity Surgery / Issue 7/2019
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-019-03894-5

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