Chunk #4 — The Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome

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Clinical and pathological features of alcohol-related brain damage.

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When WE is left undiagnosed and untreated, ≈80% of patients with this condition develop KS, a severe, typically permanent neurological disorder characterized by anterograde amnesia.18 The term Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) is used to denote the range of brain and behavioral impairments associated with thiamine deficiency.19,20