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MeSH Heading: Wernicke Encephalopathy
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.163.960; C18.452.132.960; C18.654.521.500.133.699.827.822; C25.775.100.625; F03.900.100.875
Unique ID: D014899
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014899
Scope Note: An acute neurological disorder characterized by the triad of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and disturbances of mental activity or consciousness. Eye movement abnormalities include nystagmus, external rectus palsies, and reduced conjugate gaze. THIAMINE DEFICIENCY and chronic ALCOHOLISM are associated conditions. Pathologic features include periventricular petechial hemorrhages and neuropil breakdown in the diencephalon and brainstem. Chronic thiamine deficiency may lead to KORSAKOFF SYNDROME. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1139-42; Davis & Robertson, Textbook of Neuropathology, 2nd ed, pp452-3)
Entry Version: WERNICKE ENCEPH
Entry Term(s): Beriberi, Cerebral; Encephalopathy, Gayet-Wernicke; Encephalopathy, Wernicke; Encephalopathy, Wernicke's; Gayet-Wernicke Encephalopathy; Wernicke Disease; Wernicke Polioencephalitis, Superior Hemorrhagic; Wernicke Superior Hemorrhagic Polioencephalitis; Wernicke Syndrome; Wernicke's Disease; Wernicke's Encephalopathy; Wernicke's Polioencephalitis, Superior Hemorrhagic; Wernicke's Superior Hemorrhagic Polioencephalitis; Wernicke's Syndrome
Public MeSH Note: 2000; see WERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY 1970-1999, see VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY 1963-1969
History Note: 2000(1964)
Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

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Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
  - Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
    - Brain Diseases, Metabolic [C10.228.140.163]

Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18]
- Metabolic Diseases [C18.452]
  - Brain Diseases, Metabolic [C18.452.132]

Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18]
- Nutrition Disorders [C18.654]
  - Malnutrition [C18.654.521]
    - Deficiency Diseases [C18.654.521.500]
      - Avitaminosis [C18.654.521.500.133]
        
        Vitamin B Deficiency [C18.654.521.500.133.699]
        
        Thiamine Deficiency [C18.654.521.500.133.699.827]
        
        Beriberi [C18.654.521.500.133.699.827.223]
        
        Wernicke Encephalopathy [C18.654.521.500.133.699.827.822]

Chemically-Induced Disorders [C25]
- Substance-Related Disorders [C25.775]
  - Alcohol-Related Disorders [C25.775.100]

Mental Disorders [F03]
- Substance-Related Disorders [F03.900]
  - Alcohol-Related Disorders [F03.900.100]

Wernicke Encephalopathy Preferred

Concept UI: M0022921
Scope Note: An acute neurological disorder characterized by the triad of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and disturbances of mental activity or consciousness. Eye movement abnormalities include nystagmus, external rectus palsies, and reduced conjugate gaze. THIAMINE DEFICIENCY and chronic ALCOHOLISM are associated conditions. Pathologic features include periventricular petechial hemorrhages and neuropil breakdown in the diencephalon and brainstem. Chronic thiamine deficiency may lead to KORSAKOFF SYNDROME. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1139-42; Davis & Robertson, Textbook of Neuropathology, 2nd ed, pp452-3)
Terms: Wernicke Encephalopathy Preferred Term
Term UI T365821
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Wernicke's Polioencephalitis, Superior Hemorrhagic
Term UI T372613
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Wernicke's Encephalopathy
Term UI T043488
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Beriberi, Cerebral
Term UI T370898
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Encephalopathy, Wernicke
Term UI T370899
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Encephalopathy, Gayet-Wernicke
Term UI T370900
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Encephalopathy, Wernicke's
Term UI T370901
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Wernicke Superior Hemorrhagic Polioencephalitis
Term UI T370905
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Gayet-Wernicke Encephalopathy
Term UI T370902
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Wernicke Syndrome
Term UI T370906
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Wernicke Disease
Term UI T370903
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Wernicke Polioencephalitis, Superior Hemorrhagic
Term UI T370904
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Wernicke's Disease
Term UI T370907
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Wernicke's Superior Hemorrhagic Polioencephalitis
Term UI T370908
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Wernicke's Syndrome
Term UI T370909
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

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