When these substances enter the brain, they can cause a neurological condition called hepatic encephalopathy. Hepatic encephalopathy typically presents with confusion, lethargy, and sometimes dramatic ...

Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) presents as reduced consciousness, often with seizures, abnormal tone, feeding and respiratory difficulties. The most common cause is secondary to a hypoxic-ischaemic ...

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Introduction: Wernicke encephalopathy is a metabolic disease mainly associated with vitamin B1 deficiency, which is common in chronic alcoholism. Non-alcoholic Wernicke encephalopathy is difficult for ...

Encephalopathy is a syndrome that involves global brain dysfunction. Encephalopathies have varying aetiologies: causes include for example ischaemic or traumatic brain injury, infectious agents ...

A 54-year-old woman was referred to our Korsakoff Center because of extensive cognitive problems following acute Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE). She had a relatively short history of alcohol abuse and ...