1 jul 1881 ano - Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Descrição:
thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency, and is typically seen in alcoholics.
It is named after 2:
Carl Wernicke: German neurologist and psychiatrist (1848-1905)
Sergei Sergeievich Korsakoff: Russian neuropsychiatrist (1853-1900)
It was originally described as characterised by the triad of:
acute confusion
ataxia
ophthalmoplegia
Wernicke encephalopathy can evolve into the chronic form of thiamine deficiency known as Korsakoff psychosis, characterised by:
memory loss (global amnesia)
confabulation
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