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Therapeutische Erfahrungen beim alkoholbedingten Korsakow-Syndrom

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Das alkoholbedingte Korsakow-Syndrom (Wernicke-Korsakow-Syndrom) gilt als schwer behandelbare, meistens persistierende Alkoholfolgekrankheit nach langjährigem, schwerem Alkoholabusus. Anhand zweier Falldarstellungen werden günstige Behandlungsergebnisse unter der kombinierten Gabe von Clonidin und Fluvoxamin berichtet.

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Korsakoff's psychosis (Wernicke-Korsakoff-Syndrome) following severe, long-term alcoholism is considered to be widely resistent to treatment. We report two cases with beneficial effects of treatment by a combination of clonidine and fluvoxamine.

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  1. Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie (Direktor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. H. Saß), RWTH Aachen, , , , , , DE

    M. Mrazek, C. Menges, B. Thelen & R. Erkwoh

  2. Universitätsklinik für Verbrennungs- und Plastische Wiederherstellungschirurgie (Direktor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. N. Pallua), RWTH Aachen, , , , , , DE

    J. Steffes

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Mrazek, M., Menges, C., Steffes, J. et al. Therapeutische Erfahrungen beim alkoholbedingten Korsakow-Syndrom. Nervenarzt 70, 790–794 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001150050513

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