Korsakoff's Syndrome is a condition in which there is an inability to build new memories but preservation of other cognitive functions.
It is a chronic disorder, usually following Wernicke's encephalopathy.
The patient has an inability to consolidate new info, retrograde amnesia, patchy preservation of long term memory, a lack of insight and confabulates (=fabricates information to make up for memory loss)
Treatment is with thiamine but under 20% of patients respond.
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