Diseases

Alcohol Amnestic Disorder

A mental disorder associated with chronic ethanol abuse (ALCOHOLISM) and nutritional deficiencies characterized by short term memory loss, confabulations, and disturbances of attention. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1139)

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Abstract

A mental disorder associated with chronic ethanol abuse (ALCOHOLISM) and nutritional deficiencies characterized by short term memory loss, confabulations, and disturbances of attention. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1139)

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Synonyms

31 entry terms
  • Alcohol Amnestic Syndrome
  • Alcohol-Induced Amnestic Psychosis
  • Alcohol-Induced Amnestic Syndrome
  • Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic Psychosis
  • Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic Syndrome
  • Alcohol-Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder
  • Amnestic Psychosis, Alcohol-Induced
  • Alcohol Amnestic Disorders
  • Alcohol Amnestic Syndromes
  • Alcohol Induced Amnestic Psychosis
  • Alcohol Induced Amnestic Syndrome
  • Alcohol Induced Dysmnesic Psychosis
  • Alcohol Induced Dysmnesic Syndrome
  • Alcohol Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder
  • Alcohol-Induced Amnestic Psychoses
  • Alcohol-Induced Amnestic Syndromes
  • Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic Psychoses
  • Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic Syndromes
  • Amnestic Disorder, Alcohol
  • Amnestic Psychoses, Alcohol-Induced
  • Amnestic Psychosis, Alcohol Induced
  • Amnestic Syndrome, Alcohol-Induced
  • Amnestic Syndromes, Alcohol-Induced
  • Dysmnesic Psychoses, Alcohol-Induced
  • Dysmnesic Psychosis, Alcohol-Induced
  • Dysmnesic Syndrome, Alcohol-Induced
  • Dysmnesic Syndromes, Alcohol-Induced
  • Psychoses, Alcohol-Induced Amnestic
  • Psychoses, Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic
  • Psychosis, Alcohol-Induced Amnestic
  • Psychosis, Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic

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30 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

81; was KORSAKOFF'S SYNDROME 1963-80

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  1. C10w.720.112.100
  2. C25.723.705.150.100
  3. C25.775w.100.087w.193.100
  4. F03w.900w.100.050

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NLM Classification

WM 173.7

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Alcohol Amnestic Disorder. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000425. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000425
  2. Alcohol Amnestic Disorder. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45462238