Preferred Name |
Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome |
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Synonyms |
Korsakoff's syndrome Korsakoff's psychosis |
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Definitions |
behavior disorder caused by thiamine deficiency, most commonly due to chronic alcohol abuse; Wernicke's encephalopathy involves confusion, ataxia, nystagmus and ophthalmoplegia and is generally reversible by thiamine administration; Korsakoff's syndrome, involving severe anterograde and retrograde amnesia, may appear later and complete recovery is less frequent. |
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ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2042-6017 |
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altLabel |
Korsakoff's syndrome Korsakoff's psychosis |
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cui |
C0349464 |
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definition |
behavior disorder caused by thiamine deficiency, most commonly due to chronic alcohol abuse; Wernicke's encephalopathy involves confusion, ataxia, nystagmus and ophthalmoplegia and is generally reversible by thiamine administration; Korsakoff's syndrome, involving severe anterograde and retrograde amnesia, may appear later and complete recovery is less frequent. |
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DID |
2042-6017 |
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Inverse of RB |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/0080-9468 |
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notation |
2042-6017 |
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prefLabel |
Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome |
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tui |
T048 |
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subClassOf |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/0080-9468 |