BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Brain imaging is central to the diagnosis of infantile
encephalitic beriberi. Because cranial sonography findings have not been described in …

Background Thiamine deficiency in infants is still encountered in developing countries. It
may present with acute neurological manifestations of infantile encephalitic beriberi …

Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) is an acute neurological disease resulting from dietary
thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency. WE is characterized by changes in consciousness, ocular …

Background Wernicke encephalopathy is caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency. It is
generally considered to be a disease of adult alcoholics. However, it is known to occur in the …

The difficulty of diagnosing and investigating the infant with suspected intracranial pathology
is examined and the advantages of ultrasound are discussed. A comparison of A and B …

The frontal horn of the lateral ventricle is more medially positioned than the posterior horn;
therefore, to visualize the entire ventricle optimally, the anterior aspect of the transducer …

Background: Neonatal and paediatric encephalopathy can be a diagnostic challenge for
clinicians. Potential aetiologies include hypoxic brain injury, stroke, infection, trauma …

Background. We report an unusual paediatric presentation of acute Wernicke's
encephalopathy in a 12-year-old boy affected by chronic gastrointestinal disease. MRI …

Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) is a severe and life-threatening illness resulting from
vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency. The prevalence of WE has been estimated from 0.4 to …

Brain ultrasonography plays a central role in the detection and management of neonatal
disease in the preterm infant. Although morphological study, using high-frequency …