Anomia for people's names, a restricted form of transient epileptic amnesia

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 651-654

  Ghika Schmid, F ^a   Nater, B ^a,b  

^a CMC Cecil   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Anomia; Anomia for people's names; Epilepsy; Transient epileptic amnesia

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANOMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACE; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; LITERATURE; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSIENT EPILEPTIC AMNESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0348225141     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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