Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Japanese: ウェルニッケ=コルサコフ症候群 - うぇるにっけこるさこふしょうこうぐん
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

...Causes include cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, cerebral arteriosclerosis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and subdural hemorrhage. Dementia can also be caused by metabolic diseases such as myxedema, hepatic and cerebral degeneration, hypopituitarism, and poisoning such as Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (due to alcoholism), pellagra, carbon monoxide poisoning, and organic compound poisoning. It can also occur due to head trauma caused by external force.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…脳出血,脳梗塞(こうそく),脳動脈硬化,くも膜下出血,硬膜下出血などが原因となる。代謝性疾患では粘液水腫,肝脳変性疾患,下垂体機能低下,さらに中毒などによるウェルニッケ=コルサコフ症候群(アルコール依存による),ペラグラ,一酸化炭素中毒,有機化合物中毒などでも痴呆をきたす。外力による頭部外傷でもおこる。…

※「ウェルニッケ=コルサコフ症候群」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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