Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (DOID:10915)
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Synonyms: Korsakoff Syndrome; Korsakoff's psychosis; Korsakoff's syndrome; Korsakov psychosis; Korsakov's psychosis
Alt IDs: OMIM:277730, MESH:D020915, NCI:C35764, UMLS_CUI:C0349464
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.