Patients undergoing high dose chemotherapy for primary CNS lymphoma should receive prophylactic thiamine to prevent Wernike's encephalopathy

Br J Haematol. 2010 Jun;149(6):899-901. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08112.x. Epub 2010 Feb 11.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects
  • Central Nervous System Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / drug therapy*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Thiamine / therapeutic use*
  • Wernicke Encephalopathy / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Thiamine