Biomaterial Database

Reversible coma in Wernicke's encephalopathy. 1985

H C Rayner, and C F Craddock

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D003128	Coma	A profound state of unconsciousness associated with depressed cerebral activity from which the individual cannot be aroused. Coma generally occurs when there is dysfunction or injury involving both cerebral hemispheres or the brain stem RETICULAR FORMATION.	Comatose,Pseudocoma,Comas,Pseudocomas
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D013831	Thiamine	3-((4-Amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)methyl)-5-(2- hydroxyethyl)-4-methylthiazolium chloride.	Aneurin,Vitamin B 1,Thiamin,Thiamine Mononitrate,Vitamin B1,Mononitrate, Thiamine
D014899	Wernicke Encephalopathy	An acute neurological disorder characterized by the triad of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and disturbances of mental activity or consciousness. Eye movement abnormalities include nystagmus, external rectus palsies, and reduced conjugate gaze. THIAMINE DEFICIENCY and chronic ALCOHOLISM are associated conditions. Pathologic features include periventricular petechial hemorrhages and neuropil breakdown in the diencephalon and brainstem. Chronic thiamine deficiency may lead to KORSAKOFF SYNDROME. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1139-42; Davis & Robertson, Textbook of Neuropathology, 2nd ed, pp452-3)	Beriberi, Cerebral,Encephalopathy, Wernicke,Encephalopathy, Gayet-Wernicke,Encephalopathy, Wernicke's,Gayet-Wernicke Encephalopathy,Wernicke Disease,Wernicke Polioencephalitis, Superior Hemorrhagic,Wernicke Superior Hemorrhagic Polioencephalitis,Wernicke Syndrome,Wernicke's Disease,Wernicke's Encephalopathy,Wernicke's Polioencephalitis, Superior Hemorrhagic,Wernicke's Superior Hemorrhagic Polioencephalitis,Wernicke's Syndrome,Cerebral Beriberi,Encephalopathies, Wernicke,Encephalopathy, Gayet Wernicke,Encephalopathy, Wernickes,Gayet Wernicke Encephalopathy,Wernicke Encephalopathies