loading...| Preferred Name |
Wernicke encephalopathy |
| Synonyms |
Wernicke's encephalopathy |
| Definitions |
A brain disease that is characterised by the presence of neurological symptoms of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and confusion caused by biochemical lesions of the central nervous system after exhaustion of B-vitamin reserves, in particular thiamine (vitamin B1). |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_2384 |
| database_cross_reference |
SNOMEDCT_US_2022_09_01:190627001 ICD10CM:E51.2 MESH:D014899 UMLS_CUI:C0043121 |
| definition |
A brain disease that is characterised by the presence of neurological symptoms of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and confusion caused by biochemical lesions of the central nervous system after exhaustion of B-vitamin reserves, in particular thiamine (vitamin B1). |
| has exact synonym |
Wernicke's encephalopathy Wernicke's disease |
| has symptom | |
| has_obo_namespace |
disease_ontology |
| id |
DOID:2384 |
| label |
Wernicke encephalopathy |
| notation |
DOID:2384 |
| prefLabel |
Wernicke encephalopathy |
| subClassOf |