wernicke encephalopathy

Preferred Label : wernicke encephalopathy;

MeSH definition : 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);

MeSH synonym : wernicke's syndrome; wernicke's disease; wernicke's encephalopathy; wernicke's polioencephalitis, superior hemorrhagic; wernicke superior hemorrhagic polioencephalitis; wernicke's superior hemorrhagic polioencephalitis; cerebral beriberi; encephalopathies, wernicke; wernicke encephalopathies; beriberi, cerebral; encephalopathy, wernicke; encephalopathy, gayet-wernicke; encephalopathy, gayet wernicke; encephalopathy, wernicke's; encephalopathy, wernickes; gayet-wernicke encephalopathy; gayet wernicke encephalopathy; wernicke syndrome; wernicke disease; wernicke polioencephalitis, superior hemorrhagic;

CISMeF synonym : Wernicke; Gayet-Wernicke;

MeSH annotation : DF: WERNICKE ENCEPH;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernicke encephalopathy;

Details

Origin ID

D014899;

UMLS CUI

C0043121;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
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- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
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- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
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- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
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- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
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- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Hashimoto's encephalopathy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Reye's syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of Wernicke's area (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Subcortical leukoencephalopathy (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Wernicke's area [FMA entity]
- wernicke area [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Wernicke disease [Disease (Nov.)]
- Wernicke encephalopathy [PASCAL descriptor]
- Wernicke encephalopathy [DO Concept]
- Wernicke encephalopathy [ICD-11 Sub-sub category]
- Wernicke encephalopathy [Radlex concept]
- Wernicke encephalopathy [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- Wernicke's disease (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Wernicke's encephalopathy [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Wernicke's encephalopathy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Wernicke's encephalopathy [ORDO Disease]
- Wernicke's syndrome [MedDRA LLT]
- Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome [NCIt concept]
- Wernickes encephalopathy [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- wernicke's disease [SNOMED Notion]
DO Cross reference
- Wernicke encephalopathy [DO Concept]
ORDO relation(s)
- Wernicke's encephalopathy [ORDO Disease]
Record concept(s)
- wernicke encephalopathy [MeSH concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Wernicke disease [Disease (Nov.)]
- Wernicke encephalopathy [DO Concept]
- Wernicke encephalopathy [Radlex concept]
- Wernicke's disease (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Wernicke's encephalopathy [ORDO Disease]
- Wernicke's encephalopathy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Wernicke's encephalopathy [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Wernicke's syndrome [MedDRA LLT]
- Wernickes encephalopathy [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- wernicke's disease [SNOMED Notion]

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