eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | wernicke-korsakoff syndrome |
| Comorbidity | C0001973|alcoholism |
| Sentences | 1 |
| PubMedID- 25057374 | Traditionally, the typical signs of korsakoff’s syndrome, once present, are regarded as irreversible.1 clinically, wernicke–korsakoff syndrome is usually associated with chronic alcoholism, but there is now increasing recognition that this condition can be associated with any cause of chronic low intake of thiamine or chronic malabsorption, such as in hyperemesis gravidarum, after bariatric surgery, in crohn’s disease and in aids, for example. |
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