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Non-alcoholic Wernicke encephalopathy presenting as bilateral hearing loss: a case report

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LP: consulting fees from Biogen, Novartis and Roche; speaker honoraria from Biogen, Genzyme, Merck Serono, Novartis and Teva; travel grants from Biogen, Genzyme, Novartis and Teva; research grants from the Italian MS Society (Associazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla) and Genzyme. CT: honoraria for speaking and travel grant from Biogen, Sanofi-Aventis, Merck Serono, Bayer-Schering, Teva, Genzyme, Almirall and Novartis. AS, GG, CG: none declared.

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  1. Department of Neurosciences, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, C.ne Gianicolense 87, 00152, Rome, Italy

    Luca Prosperini, Alessandro Stasolla, Carmela Gerace & Carla Tortorella

  2. Emergency Department, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, C.ne Gianicolense 87, 00152, Rome, Italy

    Gabriella Grieco

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Prosperini, L., Stasolla, A., Grieco, G. et al. Non-alcoholic Wernicke encephalopathy presenting as bilateral hearing loss: a case report. J Neurol 266, 1027–1030 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-019-09220-4

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