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Synonyms

• Beriberi
• Endemic Polyneuritis
• Nutritional Neuropathy
• Thiamine Deficiency
• Vitamin B-1 Deficiency

Disorder Subdivisions

• Wet Beriberi
• Beriberi Heart Disease
• Shoshin Beriberi
• Dry Beriberi
• Neuropathic Beriberi
• Atrophic Beriberi
• Paralytic Beriberi
• Cerebral Beriberi
• Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
• Acute Hemorrhagic Polioencephalitis
• Wernicke's (C) I Syndrome
• Gayet-Wernicke Syndrome
• Korsakoff Psychosis
• Ship Beriberi
• Infantile Beriberi
• Primary Beriberi
• Secondary Beriberi

General Discussion

Korsakoff's Syndrome is a deficiency of vitamin B-1 (or thiamine) which causes cardiovascular, central and peripheral nervous system disturbances. The disease results from either inadequate dietary intake or from impaired absorption or utilization of vitamin B-1. It is common in the Orient where excessive milling of rice reduces its thiamine content.