Wernicke’s aphasia is a language disorder that makes it hard for you to understand words and communicate. This disorder is caused by damage to the part of your brain that controls language. It leads ...

Wernicke's encephalopathy has classically been described in adult alcoholics as the triad of altered mental status, ocular abnormalities, and ataxia. It is caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency ...

Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS) is a serious neurological condition caused by a deficiency of ...

What Is Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome? Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) is one name for two conditions that often happen together -- Wernicke encephalopathy and Korsakoff syndrome. Many doctors think ...