Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome in a patient with self-neglect associated with severe depression
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Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a neuropsychiatric disorder resulting from thiamine deficiency and commonly associated with chronic alcoholism, but we describe the first case report resulting from self-neglect associated with depression.
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