@article{ref1,
title="Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome following attempted hanging",
journal="Revue neurologique",
year="1993",
author="Schmidtke, K.",
volume="149",
number="3",
pages="213-216",
abstract="The case of an alcoholic man is reported who survived a suicidal hanging attempt, and subsequently suffered of amnesia, dementia, apathy and behavioural abnormalities. A clinical diagnosis of hypoxic brain damage was made, but upon autopsy six years later, extensive pseudosystematic thalamic degeneration and mammillary body atrophy were found, indicating a status post Wernicke encephalopathy. Precipitation of the disease is attributed to the synergetic effect of cerebral hypoxia/ischemia and thiamine deficiency.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0035-3787",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}