Wer·nick·e-Kor·sa·koff syndrome

(vĕr′nĭ-kē-kôr′sə-kôf′, -kŏf′, -nĭ-kə-)

A neurological disorder usually associated with severe alcoholism and subsequent thiamine deficiency, marked by the signs of Wernicke's encephalopathy in the acute phase followed by the chronic memory loss and disorientation of Korsakoff syndrome.

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References in periodicals archive

Although neither Wernicke nor Korsakoff noticed the relationship between these two entities (5), for today the syndrome is usually referred to under one name, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS).

Wernicke's Encephalopathy due to Non-Alcoholic Gastrointestinal Tract Disease

He found secondary factors were neglect of clinical needs, carcinoma of the tongue and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.

Shocking details of 'neglected' gran; PROSECUTORS SAY NEGLECT DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO 68-YEAR-OLD'S DEATH Purcell and, Purcell, Quarry

Thiamine deficiency causes Beri-Beri and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome [10,11].

Oral High-Dose Thiamine Improves the Symptoms of Chronic Cluster Headache

Cook, "Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome not related to alcohol use: a systematic review," Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, vol.

Profound Hypokalaemia Resulting in Maternal Cardiac Arrest: A Catastrophic Complication of Hyperemesis Gravidarum?

Ultimately, the patient may develop infantile beriberi, shock, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, or even death.

Wernicke Encephalopathy in a Patient with Pulmonary and Abdominal Tuberculosis

The Wernicke-korsakoff Syndrome and Related Disorders Due to Alcoholism and Malnutrition.

Cognitive functioning in Wernicke's encephalopathy following chronic alcoholism

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) is used to refer to the presence of both WE and KS because of the close relationship between the two disorders.

Alcohol's effects on the brain: Neuroimaging results in humans and animal models

The study also concluded that the incidence of alcohol hallucinosis, Wernicke's encephalopathy and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome was significantly and consistently higher in patients with higher quantity of alcohol intake.

Study on alcohol and its neurological complications

They first address specific conditions and basic mechanisms in dementia and cognitive decline, including Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, corticobasal degeneration, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, Gaucher disease, Huntington's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, normal pressure hydrocephalus, Parkinson's disease, Pick's disease, posterior cortical atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, cognitive vascular impairment, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, risk factors, malnutrition, the role of diet in chronic inflammation and innate immunity in Alzheimer's, pathophysiological mechanisms and nutrition, and body composition.

Diet and Nutrition in Dementia and Cognitive Decline

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome: unforgivably forgotten

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