It is difficult to differentiate between anterograde and retrograde amnesia in Korsakoff patients because
A) the damage associated with Korsakoff's syndrome is diffuse.
B) the damage associated with Korsakoff's syndrome is not diffuse.
C) Korsakoff's syndrome has a gradual onset.
D) the anterograde deficits are so much milder than the retrograde deficits.
E) the retrograde deficits are so much milder than the anterograde deficits.

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Korsakoff's syndrome typically begins long before it is diagnosed, or even recognized by the patient. It is thus impossible to say which deficits precede or follow the onset.

It Is Difficult to Differentiate Between Anterograde and Retrograde Amnesia