Korsakoff syndrome

Korsakoff syndrome
a syndrome of anterograde and retrograde amnesia with confabulation associated with alcoholic or nonalcoholic polyneuritis described as “cerebropathia psychica toxemica” by Korsakoff; currently used synonymously with the term amnestic syndrome or, more narrowly, to refer to the amnestic component of the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, i.e., an amnestic syndrome resulting from thiamine deficiency. Spelled also Korsakov s. Called also Korsakoff psychosis.

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  • Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome — Wer·ni·cke Kor·sa·koff syndrome (verґnĭ kə korґsə kof) [K. Wernicke; Sergei Sergeivich Korsakoff, Russian neurologist, 1854–1900] see under syndrome …   Medical dictionary

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