Korsakoff Syndrome
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = 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.,Created For = LHSA-Dott
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PR2.17330, 1956
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17330
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; unsteadiness of gait; and Korsakoff's syndrome. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1956