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An acquired cognitive disorder characterized by inattentiveness and the inability to form short term memories. This disorder is frequently associated with chronic ALCOHOLISM; but it may also result from dietary deficiencies; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; and other conditions. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1139)
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- Korsakoff Psychosis
- Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
- Korsakoff Psychoses
- Psychoses, Korsakoff
- Psychosis, Korsakoff
- Wernicke Korsakoff Syndrome
- Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndromes
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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2000; use ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER 1963-1999; for KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS use ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER 1980-1999
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Korsakoff Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020915. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020915
- Korsakoff Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korsakoff_syndrome
- Korsakoff Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622901