title: [Gayet-Wernicke's encephalopathy. A study of 13 cases observed in a refugee population hospitalized at the Conakry Teaching Hospital].
abstract: The authors report 13 cases of Gayet-Wernicke's encephalopathy observed in 13 patients of a refugee population. 11 presented the classical triad: oculomotor signs, cerebral ataxia and state of confusion and in 2 patients, only 2 symptoms were noted. The etiological factors: chronic alcoholism, malnutrition, uncontrollable vomiting, HIV and tuberculosis were identified. The outcome was evaluated on the basis of the disappearance of symptoms after treatment with 500 mg of thiamine in 7 patients, 1 death and 5 patients progressed toward Korsakoff amnesic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, CHU Conakry Guinée. ousmanepaye5@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Cissé
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Camara
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koné
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Camara
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Koumbassa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tafsir
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soumah
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Djigué
authors.forename: O B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Camara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bangoura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kourouma
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Da Silva
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cissé
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology; D016701:Guinea; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D012036:Refugees; D015996:Survival Rate; D017741:Survivors; D013831:Thiamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D013831:Thiamine