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Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome of nonalcoholic origin.
Brain Cogn. 1991 Jan; 15(1):69-82.BC

Abstract

We describe a patient who developed a severe loss of memory following intravenous feeding and intestinal surgery. The pattern of both anterograde and retrograde memory impairment and frontal pathology is shown to be comparable with that observed in patients with Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome of an alcoholic etiology. The data strengthen the view that the essential characteristics of the Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome are not dependent on a prior history of chronic alcoholism. Implications of these data for the interpretation of alcoholic Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome are considered.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Parkin AJ
Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Sussex University, Brighton, England.
Blunden J
No affiliation info available
Rees JE
No affiliation info available
Hunkin NM
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultAlcohol Amnestic DisorderCrohn DiseaseFemaleHumansNeuropsychological TestsParenteral Nutrition, TotalPostoperative ComplicationsThiamine DeficiencyTomography, X-Ray ComputedWernicke Encephalopathy

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

1901211

Citation

Parkin, A J., et al. "Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome of Nonalcoholic Origin." Brain and Cognition, vol. 15, no. 1, 1991, pp. 69-82.
Parkin AJ, Blunden J, Rees JE, et al. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome of nonalcoholic origin. Brain Cogn. 1991;15(1):69-82.
Parkin, A. J., Blunden, J., Rees, J. E., & Hunkin, N. M. (1991). Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome of nonalcoholic origin. Brain and Cognition, 15(1), 69-82.
Parkin AJ, et al. Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome of Nonalcoholic Origin. Brain Cogn. 1991;15(1):69-82. PubMed PMID: 1901211.
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