Korsakoff's syndrome
Overview
Features
- marked memory disorder often seen in alcoholics
- thiamine deficiency causes damage and haemorrhage to the mammillary bodies of the hypothalamus and the medial thalamus
- in often follows on from untreated Wernicke's encephalopathy
Features
- anterograde amnesia: inability to acquire new memories
- retrograde amnesia
- confabulation
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