| Thiamine supplementation is essential in malnourished patients for the prevention of Wernicke's encephalopathy. |
| Seven months later, the UK Central Veterinary Laboratory diagnosed bovine spongiform encephalopathy as the cause of its death. |
| Scientists originally believed the goat had scrapie, a disease similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy. |
| Mad cow disease, formally known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is a fatal disease of the central nervous system. |
| All 10 patients had frontal-temporal theta wave activity, which indicated diffuse changes characteristic of metabolic encephalopathy. |
| They will also support research into the causes and treatment of myalgic encephalopathy, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. |
