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Free access | 10.1172/JCI102673

A STUDY OF THE NUTRITIONAL DEFECT IN WERNICKE'S SYNDROME : : THE EFFECT OF A PURIFIED DIET, THIAMINE, AND OTHER VITAMINS ON THE CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

Gerald B. Phillips, Maurice Victor, Raymond D. Adams, and Charles S. Davidson

Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Second and Fourth Medical Services [Harvard], Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

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The expenses of this investigation were defrayed in part by grants from Merck and Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, and Sharpe and Dohme, Inc., Glenolden, Pennsylvania.

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Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Second and Fourth Medical Services [Harvard], Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

1

The expenses of this investigation were defrayed in part by grants from Merck and Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, and Sharpe and Dohme, Inc., Glenolden, Pennsylvania.

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Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Second and Fourth Medical Services [Harvard], Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

1

The expenses of this investigation were defrayed in part by grants from Merck and Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, and Sharpe and Dohme, Inc., Glenolden, Pennsylvania.

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Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Second and Fourth Medical Services [Harvard], Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

1

The expenses of this investigation were defrayed in part by grants from Merck and Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, and Sharpe and Dohme, Inc., Glenolden, Pennsylvania.

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Published October 1, 1952 - More info

Published in Volume 31, Issue 10 on October 1, 1952
J Clin Invest. 1952;31(10):859–871. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102673.
© 1952 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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