Functional Amnesia: Clinical Description and Neuropsychological Profile of 10 Cases

Learning and Memory

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-226

  Kritchevsky, Mark ^a,d   Chang, Judy ^e   Squire, Larry R ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 1842526987     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.71404     Document Type: Article

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