Term Name: Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
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 )

Relationships
is a type of: thiamine deficiency disease