Korsakoff syndrome — or Korsakoff psychosis or Korsakoff disease Neurological disorder marked by severe amnesia despite clear perception and full consciousness, resulting from chronic alcoholism, head injury, brain illness, or thiamin deficiency. Persons with the… … Universalium
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… … Medical dictionary
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
Syndrome de korsakoff — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Korsakoff. Syndrome de Korsakoff CIM 10 : F10.6 Le syndrome de Korsakoff (ou psychose de Korsakoff) est une complication de l encéphalopathie de Wernicke, bien que chez certains patients la maladie soit passée… … Wikipédia en Français
Syndrome de Korsakov — Syndrome de Korsakoff Pour les articles homonymes, voir Korsakoff. Syndrome de Korsakoff CIM 10 : F10.6 Le syndrome de Korsakoff (ou psychose de Korsakoff) est une complication de l encéphalopathie de Wernicke, bien que chez certains patients la… … Wikipédia en Français
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
Korsakoff's syndrome — or Korsakoff syndrome n KORSAKOFF S PSYCHOSIS * * * (Korsakoff s psychosis) an organic disorder affecting the brain that results in a memory defect in which new information fails to be learnt although events from the past are still recalled;… … Medical dictionary
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
