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A Late Onset of Wernicke-Korsakoff Encephalopathy After Biliopancreatic Diversion: a Case Report

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Marcantonio Negri, Noemi Macerola & Francesco Antonio Mancarella

  2. UOC Endocrinologia e Diabetologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Carmine Bruno, Alfredo Pontecorvi & Dario Pitocco

  3. U.O.S.A. di Diabetologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Francesca De Leva, Linda Tartaglione, Mauro Di Leo & Dario Pitocco

  4. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Francesca De Leva, Linda Tartaglione, Mauro Di Leo & Dario Pitocco

  5. UOC Radiologia e Neuroradiologia, Dipartimento di diagnostica per immagini, radioterapia oncologica ed ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Francesco D’Argento

  6. Unità Operativa Complessa di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Invecchiamento, Neurologiche, Ortopediche e della Testa-Collo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Anna Modoni

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Negri, M., Macerola, N., Mancarella, F.A. et al. A Late Onset of Wernicke-Korsakoff Encephalopathy After Biliopancreatic Diversion: a Case Report. OBES SURG 29, 2309–2311 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-019-03894-5

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