Table II

Levels of Water-Soluble Vitamins in a Patient With Wernicke’s Encephalopathy Before and After Vitamin Supplementation

DateVitamin B12 (normal range 110–660 pmol/L)Vitamin C (normal range > 25 μmol/L)Red blood cell folate (normal range 372–1970 nmol/L)Thiamin (normal range 18–75 nmol/L)Pantothenic acid (normal range 4.6–8.3 μmol/L)Niacin (normal range 9.7–23.5 μmol/L)Riboflavin (normal range 8–40 nmol/L)Vitamin B6 (normal range 14.6–2.8 nmol/L)
Oct. 3, 1996250<5>45.37.54.614.63.24.0
Jan. 8, 199726712>260574.08.523.016.528.3