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Korsakoffʼs Psychosis Due to Massive Beer Intake Provoked by Diabetes Insipidus
Southern medical journal, Vol.81(5), pp.677-678
05/01/1988
PMID: 3368823
Web of Science ID: WOS:A1988N486500035
Abstract
Posttraumatic diabetes insipidus, acute pancreatitis, and Wernickes encephalopathy and Korsakoffs psychosis in a 33-year-old white male alcohol abuser resulted in near-fatal cardiovascular collapse. The Wernickes encephalopathy and Korsakoffs psychosis resulted from drinking massive quantities of beer to satisfy the thirst induced by diabetes insipidus. Although the diabetes insipidus was controlled with vasopressin, and the need for vasopressin resolved two months after diagnosis, the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome had not resolved by six months.
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- Title
- Korsakoffʼs Psychosis Due to Massive Beer Intake Provoked by Diabetes Insipidus
- Publication Details
- Southern medical journal, Vol.81(5), pp.677-678
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Copyright
- © Southern Medical Association
- Identifiers
- WOS:A1988N486500035; 99380182440506600
- Academic Unit
- Public Health; Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Language
- English