Proyecto Wernicke-Semi: Estudio multicéntrico y retrospectivo sobre la encefalopatía de Wernicke

Abstract

Wernicke Encephalopathy is an acute or subacute neuropsychiatric disease due to thiamine deficiency, which has been classically defined by the triad of confusional state, ophthalmoplegia and gait disturbance. Due to the fact that there are many areas of uncertainty regarding epidemiologic, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of this disease, the Alcohol and Alcoholism Working Group of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (SEMI) has promoted a multicenter study to analyze these points.