40 Diseases of the Nervous system caused by Nutritional Deficiency Flashcards
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Wernicke disease
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Nystagmus, abducens and conjugate gaze palsies, ataxia of gait, confusion p.1185
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Structural lesion in Korsakoff amnesic state
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Medial thalami or the hippocampal portions of the temporal lobe p.1185
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Equivalent type of memory disturbance in acute lesions of the basal septal nuclei of the frontal lobe
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Korsakoff amnesic state p.1185
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The most frequent eye movement abnormality seen in Wernicke’s Disease
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Nystagmus, followed by lateral recrus weakness p.1186
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Most common disturbance of consciousness and mentation in Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
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Global confusional state p.1186
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Lesion in Korsakoff amnesic state that impairs olfactory discrimination
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Lesion of the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus p.1188
