Frontal lobe syndrome from bilateral globus pallidus lesions a complication of Wernicke's encephalopathy

A 38 year-old man developed the classical clinical picture of Wernicke's encephalopathy as a consequence of prolonged total parenteral nutrition. As a late complication he developed a frontal lobe syndrome. Bilateral globus pallidus lesions were observed in the CT-scan examination. Some aspects...

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Main Author: Walter Oleschko Arruda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1991-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1991000200018&lng=en&tlng=en
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