Non-alcoholic beriberi, Wernicke encephalopathy and long-term eating disorder: case report and a mini-review.

Vittorio ManteroNicola RifinoGisella CostantinoAndrea FarinaUgo PozzettiMonica SciaccoMichela RipoloneGraziella BianchiAndrea SalmaggiAndrea Rigamonti

Published in: Eating and weight disorders : EWD (2020)

Thiamine deficiency can be misdiagnosed. Beriberi is an important cause of acute flaccid paralysis; hence, clinicians should consider this diagnosis and prompt start thiamine treatment to avoid permanent neurological sequelae.

Keyphrases

liver failure
drug induced
liver injury
replacement therapy
early onset
hepatitis b virus