Ferrari. Mental disorders in combination with multiple neuritis. (Korsakov's Cerebropathia psychica toxaemica, Polyneuritis Psychosis by other authors). —The Alienist and Neurologist, January 1896, no. 1
- Issue: Vol V, No 1 (1897)
- Pages: 177-178
- Section: Abstracts
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1027-4898/article/view/46658
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/nb46658
- ID: 46658
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Under the name Polyneuritis psychosis, Korsakov described a disease that differs from typical polyneuritis by the predominance of disorders on the part of the mental sphere. It begins with somatic symptoms — vomiting, difficulty walking, pain and muscle atrophy; the electrical excitability of the muscles disappears, there are contractures; knee reflex disappears early, others remain normal or even increased.