Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Term ID

DOID:10915

Synonyms

• Korsakoff Syndrome
• Korsakoff's psychosis
• Korsakoff's syndrome
• Korsakov psychosis
• Korsakov's psychosis

Definition

A nutritional deficiency disease that is characterized by ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, change in mental status and acute onset of severe memory impairment without any dysfunction in intellectual abilities, and has_material_basis_in thiamine deficiency. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernicke%E2%80%93Korsakoff_syndrome

References

• MESH:D020915
• NCI:C35764
• OMIM:277730
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:69482004
• UMLS_CUI:C0349464

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:10915 )