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Wernicke’s encephalopathy in a patient with triple A (Allgrove) syndrome

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  1. Department of Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    Hagen Kunte, Astrid Nümann & Lutz Harms

  2. Department of Endocrinology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Manfred Ventz

  3. Department of Neuroradiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Eberhard Siebert

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Kunte, H., Nümann, A., Ventz, M. et al. Wernicke’s encephalopathy in a patient with triple A (Allgrove) syndrome. J Neurol 258, 1882–1884 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-6012-2

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