Term Name: | Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome |
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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. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:10915] ( DOID:10915 ) |