Wernicke-Korsakoff encephalopathy

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• Wernicke's encephalopathy — n an inflammatory hemorrhagic encephalopathy that is caused by thiamine deficiency, affects esp. chronic alcoholics, and is characterized by nystagmus, diplopia, ataxia, and degenerative mental disorders (as Korsakoff s psychosis) * * * mental… …   Medical dictionary

• Wernicke's encephalopathy — Infobox Disease Name = Wernicke encephalopathy Caption = Thiamine DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|E|51|2|e|50 ICD9 = ICD9|265.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 642 MeshID = Wernicke encephalopathy is a syndrome… …   Wikipedia

• Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome — (also called wet brain, Korsakoff psychosis, alcoholic encephalopathy, Wernicke s disease, and encephalopathy alcoholic) [ [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000771.htm MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome ] …   Wikipedia

• Wernicke–Korsakoff Syndrome —    Wernicke and Korsakoff are two very familiar eponyms that only recently have been joined. First: Korsakoff. There is a Korsakoff syndrome, also referred to as Korsakoff psychosis, that the Russian psychiatrist Sergei S. Korsakoff (1853–1900)… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome — the behavioral disorder caused by thiamine deficiency, most commonly due to chronic alcohol abuse and associated with other nutritional polyneuropathies. Wernicke encephalopathy (confusion, ataxia of gait, nystagmus, and ophthalmoplegia) occurs… …   Medical dictionary

• Enfermedad de Wernicke-Korsakoff — tiamina Clasificación y recursos externos CIE 10 E …   Wikipedia Español

• Síndrome de Wernicke-Korsakoff — Clasificación y recursos externos CIE 10 E …   Wikipedia Español

• Korsakoff — may refer to:* Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov (1844 1908), a Russian composer * Sergei Korsakoff (also Korsakov or Korsakow) (1854 1900), a Russian psychiatrist * Korsakoff s syndrome, a continuum of Wernicke s encephalopathy ** Wernicke Korsakoff… …   Wikipedia

• Wernicke syndrome — is an ambiguous term. It may refer to:*Wernicke aphasia: the eponymous term for receptive or sensory aphasia.*Wernicke encephalopathy: an acute neurological syndrome of ophthalmoparesis, ataxia, and encephalopathy brought on by thiamine… …   Wikipedia

• Korsakoff's syndrome — ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2405 MeshID = D020915 Korsakoff s syndrome or Korsakov s syndrome (Korsakoff s psychosis, amnesic confabulatory syndrome), is a brain disorder caused by the lack of thiamine… …   Wikipedia

• encephalopathy — Any disorder of the brain. SYN: cerebropathia, cerebropathy, encephalopathia, encephalosis. [encephalo + G. pathos, suffering] bilirubin e. SYN: kernicterus. Binswanger e. SYN: Binswanger disease …   Medical dictionary