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May Li, MD

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Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine
NYU Langone/Bellevue Hospital Center

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Neurology

Detecting Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

8/14/2019 Lee Johnson , May Li, MD
A missed diagnosis of Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) can lead to Korsakoff syndrome, which carries a 20% mortality rate. Because this life-threatening condition can be easily misdiagnosed, it's importan

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