title: [Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome in anorexia (author's transl)].
abstract: A rare case of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome due to malnutrition (in a 35-year-old woman) is reported. It was probably the result of a psychiatric condition progressing to severe inanition. In the course of the malnutrition typical Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome developed. Vitamin B1 deficiency was confirmed by determining erythrocyte transketolase. At the same time there was hypomagnesiaemia; substitution treatment led to complete recovery.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000855:Anorexia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D013831:Thiamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013832:Thiamine Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D013831:Thiamine
vernacular_title: Wernicke-Korsakow-Syndrom bei Anorexie.