Wernicke disease
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Posadas-Wernicke disease — Po·sa·das Wer·ni·cke disease (po sahґdahs verґnĭ ke) [A. Posadas; Robert Wernicke, Argentine pathologist, 1854–1922] coccidioidomycosis … Medical dictionary
Wernicke encephalopathy — a neurological disorder characterized by confusion, apathy, drowsiness, ataxia of gait, nystagmus, and ophthalmoplegia, now known to be due to thiamine deficiency, usually from chronic alcohol abuse. It is almost invariably accompanied by or… … Medical dictionary
Wernicke–Korsakoff Syndrome — Wernicke and Korsakoff are two very familiar eponyms that only recently have been joined. First: Korsakoff. There is a Korsakoff syndrome, also referred to as Korsakoff psychosis, that the Russian psychiatrist Sergei S. Korsakoff (1853–1900)… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome — (also called wet brain, Korsakoff psychosis, alcoholic encephalopathy, Wernicke s disease, and encephalopathy alcoholic) [ [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000771.htm MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome ] … Wikipedia
Wernicke'sencephalopathy — Wernicke s encephalopathy n. An acute disease of the brain caused by a deficiency of thiamine, usually associated with chronic alcoholism and characterized by loss of muscular coordination, abnormal eye movements, and confusion. [After Karl… … Universalium
Wernicke–Kleist–Leonhard Pathway — (from 1900) The central theme in this pathway is classifying psychotic illness not on the basis of outcome, as Kraepelin did, but on the basis of hypothetical underlying neurological impairment or common family history. The pathway had the… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Wernicke's encephalopathy — Infobox Disease Name = Wernicke encephalopathy Caption = Thiamine DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|E|51|2|e|50 ICD9 = ICD9|265.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 642 MeshID = Wernicke encephalopathy is a syndrome… … Wikipedia
Wernicke, Carl — ▪ German neurologist born May 15, 1848, Tarnowitz, Pol., Prussia died June 15, 1905, Thüringer Wald, Ger. German neurologist who related nerve diseases to specific areas of the brain. He is best known for his descriptions of the aphasias… … Universalium
Disease theory of alcoholism — Alcohol Dependence Classification and external resources ICD 10 F10.2 ICD 9 303 … Wikipedia
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
