Concept information
Preferred term
Wernicke Encephalopathy
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Beriberi, Cerebral
- Cerebral Beriberi
- Encephalopathy, Gayet Wernicke
- Encephalopathy, Gayet-Wernicke
- Encephalopathy, Wernicke
- Encephalopathy, Wernicke's
- Encephalopathy, Wernickes
- Gayet Wernicke Encephalopathy
- Gayet-Wernicke Encephalopathy
- Wernicke Disease
- Wernicke Polioencephalitis, Superior Hemorrhagic
- Wernicke's Disease
- Wernicke's Encephalopathy
- Wernicke's Polioencephalitis, Superior Hemorrhagic
- Wernicke's Superior Hemorrhagic Polioencephalitis
- Wernicke's Syndrome
- Wernicke Superior Hemorrhagic Polioencephalitis
- Wernicke Syndrome
Scope note
- An acute neurological disorder characterized by the triad of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and disturbances of mental activity or consciousness. Eye movement abnormalities include nystagmus, external rectus palsies, and reduced conjugate gaze. THIAMINE DEFICIENCY and chronic ALCOHOLISM are associated conditions. Pathologic features include periventricular petechial hemorrhages and neuropil breakdown in the diencephalon and brainstem. Chronic thiamine deficiency may lead to KORSAKOFF SYNDROME. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1139-42; Davis & Robertson, Textbook of Neuropathology, 2nd ed, pp452-3)
History note
- 2000(1964)
In other languages
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Finnish
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encephalopathia Wernicke
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Morbus Wernicke
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syndroma Wernicke
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Wernicken aivotauti
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Wernicken enkefalopatia
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Wernicken tauti
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Wernickes encefalopati
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014899
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