Article
No transketolase abnormalities in Wernicke-Korsakoff patients.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 1 Nov 1991
Blansjaar B A, Zwang R, Blijenberg B G
Abstract excerpt
Transketolase isoenzyme patterns of Wernicke-Korsakoff patients, relatives, alcoholics and controls, obtained by isoelectric focusing of purified erythrocyte transketolase, were all identical. After a series of investigations published by several authors little evidence remains to support the hypothesis of an inborn transketolase abnormality in Wernicke-Korsakoff patients.
Topics
- Adult
- Alcohol Amnestic Disorder
- Alcoholism
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Isoenzymes
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Transketolase