Wernicke's encephalopathy with chorea: Neuroimaging findings

ABSTRACT We present a case report of motor and cognitive disorders in a 36-year-old woman with a history of twelve years of heavy alcohol abuse. The patient presented depressive symptoms over the course of one year after a loss in the family, evolving with ataxia, bradykinesia and choreiform movemen...

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Main Authors: Jivago S. Sabatini, Gustavo Leopold Schutz-Pereira, Fabrício Feltrin, Hélio Afonso Ghizone Teive, Carlos Henrique Ferreira Camargo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642016000400370&lng=en&tlng=en