Wernicke-Korsakoff's Syndrome (WKS) · Anterograde amnesia (impaired ability to acquire new episodic memories) · Confabulation · Retrograde amnesia · Lack of ...

Korsakoff syndrome (chronic, irreversible) · Confabulation: Patients produce fabricated memories to fill in. lapses. of memory. · Anterograde and ...

syndrome were not diagnosed as such during life. Review of the clinical signs of these cases revealed that only 16% had the classical clinical triad and 19% had ...

The classic triad of WKS is characterized by confusion, ataxia, and eye-​movement disorders. All reviewed studies reported high percentages of patients presenting ...

When persistent learning and memory deficits are present in patients with Wernicke encephalopathy (a clinical triad that classically, but not ...

Wernicke encephalopathy, also referred as Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, is a form of thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency, and is typically seen in alcoholics.

Wernicke syndrome is characterized by three main clinical symptoms: mental status changes (e.g., confused state), the inability to coordinate voluntary movement ( ...

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a common complication of a thiamine deficiency that is primarily seen with alcoholics. This syndrome was ...

The triad of Korsakoff's psychosis--memory loss, learning deficits and confabulation--may be seen in either the acute or the long-term care setting. MeSH terms.