Korsakoff's syndrome

mental illness caused by a lack of thiamine in the brain
MedicalCondition psychopathological_syndrome Q622901
Korsakoff's syndrome
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Summary

Korsakoff's syndrome is a psychopathological syndrome[1]. It draws 206 Wikipedia views per month (psychopathological_syndrome category, ranking #5 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Korsakoff's syndrome's instance of is recorded as psychopathological syndrome[3].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • Sergei Korsakoff is named after Korsakoff's syndrome[5].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome is a type of Wernicke encephalopathy[6].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome is a type of effects of alcohol on memory[7].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome is a type of thiamine deficiency[8].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome's Commons category is recorded as Korsakoff's syndrome[9].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome's symptoms and signs is recorded as fixation amnesia[10].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome's symptoms and signs is recorded as confabulation[11].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome's symptoms and signs is recorded as pseudoreminiscence[12].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome's symptoms and signs is recorded as cryptomnesia[13].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C35764[14].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C84803[15].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome's health specialty is recorded as psychiatry[16].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_10915[17].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:10915[18].
  • Korsakoff's syndrome's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[19].

Why It Matters

Korsakoff's syndrome draws 206 Wikipedia views per month (psychopathological_syndrome category, ranking #5 of 12).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2fJg0O
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  2. 14w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Wernicke encephalopathy, effects of alcohol on memory, thiamine deficiency
    Instance of → psychopathological syndrome, class of disease
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39742|batch #39742]]: subclass of disease, not instance"
  3. 18w ago · Shoh17 · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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