Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2025

  • Case Report

    From Confusional Syndrome to Korsakoff's Encephalopathy: Understanding, Detecting, Treating in a Case

    Adolphe Mulumba Mbuyi*, Halladain Mpung Mansoj, Marcellin Bugeme Baguma, El Hadji Makthar Ba

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2025
    Pages: 59-62
    Received: 29 July 2025
    Accepted: 13 August 2025
    Published: 9 October 2025
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijmcr.20250404.11
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    Abstract: Wernicke-Korsakoff encephalopathy (WKE) is a severe neuropsychiatric complication resulting from thiamine deficiency, most often secondary to chronic alcoholism. It comprises two overlapping conditions: Wernicke’s encephalopathy, characterized by acute neurological dysfunction, and Korsakoff’s syndrome, marked by persistent cognitive deficits, part... Show More