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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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No references found			Korsakov's syndrome is named after Russian psychiatrist Sergei Korsakov, who first described it in 1887. SCOTS BOY, 11, SUFFERS BOOZER BRAIN DISEASE; Fears for teeny tipplers by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			Koroteev, Konstantin Apollonovich Korotkov, Aleksei Korotkov, Aleksei Andreevich Korotkov, Sergei Korotkov, Sergei Ksenofontovich Korotnev, Aleksei Korotnev, Aleksei Alekseevich Korotych Korovin, Evgenii Korovin, Evgenii Aleksandrovich Korovin, Evgenii Petrovich Korovin, Konstantine Korovin, Konstantine Alekseevich Korovin, Sergei Korovin, Sergei Alekseevich Korovniki korrigum Korsak, Aleksandr Korsak, Aleksandr Kazimirovich Korsakas, Kostas Pranovic Korsakoff syndrome Korsakoff's neurosis Korsakoff's psychosis Korsakoff's syndrome Korsakov Korsakov's syndrome Korsakov, Dmitrii Korsakov, Dmitrii Aleksandrovich Korsakov, Sergei Korsakov, Sergei Sergeevich Korsh Theater Korsh, Fedor Korsh, Fedor Evgenevich Korsh-Sablin, Vladimir Korsh-Sablin, Vladimir Vladimirovich Korshak, Vasilii Korshak, Vasilii Vladimirovich Korshun method Korsør Korsov, Bogomir Korsov, Bogomir Bogomirovich Korsun Korsun, Battle of 1648 Korsun, Nikolai Korsun, Nikolai Georgievich Korsun-Shevchenkovskii Korsun-Shevchenkovskii Operation of 1944 Kort nozzle Korteweg-de Vries soliton Kortrijk Kortunov, Aleksei			Korrektur- und Transportwesen Korrigum Korrigum Korrigum Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Atomic-Sphere Approximation Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker-Green Function Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker-Ziman KORRnet Korror Korsak, Aleksandr Korsak, Aleksandr Kazimirovich Korsakas, Kostas Pranovic Korsakoff disease Korsakoff psychosis Korsakoff psychosis Korsakoff psychosis Korsakoff Syndrome Korsakoff Syndrome Korsakoff Syndrome Korsakoff's neurosis Korsakoff's psychosis Korsakoff's psychosis Korsakoff's psychosis Korsakoff's syndrome Korsakoff's syndrome Korsakoff's syndrome Korsakoffian Korsakov Korsakov's psychosis Korsakov's syndrome Korsakov, Dmitrii Korsakov, Dmitrii Aleksandrovich Korsakov, Sergei Korsakov, Sergei Sergeevich Korsh Theater Korsh, Fedor Korsh, Fedor Evgenevich Korsh-Sablin, Vladimir Korsh-Sablin, Vladimir Vladimirovich Korshak, Vasilii Korshak, Vasilii Vladimirovich Korsholm Mustasaari Disc Club Korshun method Korsor Korsør Korsou Korsou Korsov, Bogomir Korsov, Bogomir Bogomirovich Korsun Korsun, Battle of 1648 Korsun, Nikolai Korsun, Nikolai Georgievich Korsun-Shevchenkovskii Korsun-Shevchenkovskii Operation of 1944

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Korsakoff's syndrome (redirected from Korsakov's syndrome)

Korsakoff's syndrome
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