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Korsakoff's syndrome

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Korsakoff's syndrome [′kȯr·sə‚kȯfs ‚sin‚drōm]
(psychology)
A form of amnesic-confabulatory syndrome characterized by confusion, loss of memory, retrograde amnesia with compensatory confabulation, and polyneuritis; seen in chronic alcoholism and other cases of vitamin B deficiency. Also known as Korsakoff's neurosis; Korsakoff's psychosis.


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It will treat young people with a range of forms of dementia but will specialise in caring for those with Korsakoff's syndrome which is usually caused by excessive alcohol consumption.
However as this progresses the permanent dementia-like illness called Korsakoff's syndrome takes over.
Korsakoff's syndrome is characterized by profound remote and anterograde memory impairment (Fama, Marsh, Sullivan, 2004).
 
 
 
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