WERNICKE-KORSAKOFF-SYNDROME FOLLOWING SELF-INDUCED STARVATION

Authors
ARYA DK
Citation
Dk. Arya, WERNICKE-KORSAKOFF-SYNDROME FOLLOWING SELF-INDUCED STARVATION, Irish journal of psychological medicine, 12(2), 1995, pp. 66-67
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Irish journal of psychological medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
07909667
Volume
12
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
66 - 67
Database
ISI
SICI code
0790-9667(1995)12:2<66:WFSS>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A non-alcoholic patient is reported who as a result of self-induced st arvation was found to have nystagmus, gait ataxia and severe deficits in recent and remote memory and new learning, with intact immediate re call, abstraction and judgement capabilities. This pattern of cognitiv e deficit with nystagmus and ataxia suggests the diagnosis of Wernicke -Korsakoff syndrome.