Delayed diagnosis of Wernicke encephalopathy with irreversible neural damage after subtotal gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A case of medical liability?

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Published in Int J Surg Case Rep on December 01, 2016

Authors

Pamela Tozzo1, Luciana Caenazzo1, Daniele Rodriguez1, Matteo Bolcato2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, via Falloppio 50, 35121 Padova, Italy.
2: Legal Medicine, University of Padova, via Falloppio 50, 35121 Padova, Italy. Electronic address: matteobolcato@gmail.com.

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