Loss of topographic memory and prosopagnosia during migraine aura

Cephalalgia

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 841-843

  Martins, Isabel Pavão ^a   Cunha e Sa M ^b  

^a Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental agnosia; Migraine aura

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; PARESTHESIA; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCOTOMA;

ADULT; BRAIN; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PROSOPAGNOSIA;

EID: 0032707171     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1999.1909841.x     Document Type: Article

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