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Wernicke's Encephalopathy in an 18-Year-Old Woman

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Stuart Turner ,
Lynn Daniels  and
Steven Greer
Stuart Turner*
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS
Lynn Daniels
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS
Steven Greer
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS
*
∗Academic Department of Psychiatry, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Wolfson Building, Middlesex Hospital, London W1N 8AA
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Abstract

An unusually young woman (18 years old) who misused alcohol and developed Wernicke's encephalopathy is described.

Type
Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue 2 , February 1989 , pp. 261 - 262
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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