recent data demonstrating normal levels of erythrocyte transketolase in patients presenting with wernicke 's encephalopathy has led some to question the link between thiamin deficiency , and the development of the syndrome , despite the fact that virtually all patients with wernicke 's encephalopathy will respond favorably to parenteral thiamin , and the evidence that rats deprived of thiamin develop lesions that are characteristic of the disease .
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wernicke 's encephalopathy
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thiamin