Wernicke's syndrome

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• 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

• 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

• Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome — /vair ni keuh kawr seuh kawf , kof / a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by abnormal eye movements, incoordination, confusion, and impaired memory and learning functions, caused by thiamine deficiency, and observed in chronic… …   Universalium

• Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome — /vair ni keuh kawr seuh kawf , kof / a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by abnormal eye movements, incoordination, confusion, and impaired memory and learning functions, caused by thiamine deficiency, and observed in chronic… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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

• 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-Enzephalopathie — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 E51.2 Wernicke Enzephalopathie …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Wernicke encephalopathy — a neurological disorder characterized by confusion, apathy, drowsiness, ataxia of gait, nystagmus, and ophthalmoplegia, now known to be due to thiamine deficiency, usually from chronic alcohol abuse. It is almost invariably accompanied by or… …   Medical dictionary

• Wernicke-Korsakow-Syndrom — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 F10.6 Psychische und Verhaltensstörungen durch Alkohol Amnestisches Syndrom Durch Alkohol oder andere psychotrope Substanzen bedingte Korsakowpsychose Nicht näher bezeichnetes Korsakow Syndrom …   Deutsch Wikipedia