Policithaemia as a ready factor of transitory global amnesia;La policitemia como factor predisponente de amnesia global transitoria

Neurologia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 317-320

  Toledo, Manuel ^a,b   Pujadas, F ^a   Purroy, F ^a   Alvarez Sabin J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hemangioblastoma; Ischemia; Memory; Polycythaemia; Transitory global amnesia; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; POLYCYTHEMIA; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA;

AGED; AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYTHEMIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23644460457     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Hodges JR, Warlow CP. The aetiology of transient global amnesia. A case-control study of 114 cases with prospective followup. Brain 1990;113:639-57.
2. Hodges JR, Warlow CP. Syndromes of transient amnesia: towards a classification. A study of 153 cases. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1990;53:834-43.
3. Sedlaczek O, Hirsch JG, Grips E, Peters CNA, Gass A, Wöhrle J, et al. Detection of delayed focal MR changes in the lateral hippocampus in transient global amnesia. Neurology 2004;62:2165-70.
4. Haghighat R, Costa DC, Chesser E. Polycythaemia and agoraphobia. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 1996;27:149-55.
5. Zorzon M, Antonutti L, Masè G, Biasutti E, Vitrani B, Cazzato G. Transient global amnesia and transient ischemic attack: natural history, vascular risk factors, and associated conditions. Stroke 1995;26:1536-42.
6. Boudin G, Pepin B, Mikol J, Haguenau M, Vernant JC. Glioma of the posterior limbic system revealed by transient global amnesia. Anatomic-clinical observations of 1 case. Rev Neurol 1975; 131:157-63.
7. Gorelick PB, Amico LL, Ganellen R, Benevento LA. Transient global amnesia and thalamic infarction. Neurology 1988;38: 496-9.
8. Oltra A, Martín R, Molto JM, Sola D, Delgado JM, Matias-Guiu J. Transient global amnesia associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurología 1990;5:34-5.
9. Melo TP, Ferro JM, Paiva T. Are brief or recurrent transient global amnesias of epileptic origin? J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1994;57:622-5.
10. Schmidtke K, Ehmsen L. Transient global amnesia and migraine. Eur Neurol 1998;40:9-14.
11. Lewis SL. Aetiology of transient global amnesia. Lancet 1998; 352:397-9.
12. Purroy F, Montaner J, Rovira A, Delgado P, Quintana M, Álvarez-Sabin J. Higher risk of further vascular events among transient ischemic attack patients with diffusion-weighted imaging acute ischemic lesions. Stroke 2004;35:2313-9.
13. Pantoni L, Lamassa M, Inzitari D. Transient global amnesia: a review emphasizing pathogenic aspects. Acta Neurol Scand 2000; 102:275-83.
14. Moreno-Lugris XC, Martínez-Álvarez J, Branas F, Martínez-Vázquez F, Cortes-Laino JA. Amnesia global transitoria: estudio caso-control de 24 casos. Rev Neurol 1996;24:554-7.
15. Eustache F, Desgranges B, Petit-Taboue MC, de la Sayette V, Piot V, Sable C, et al. Transient global amnesia: implicit/explicit memory dissociation and PET assessment of brain perfusion and oxygen metabolism in the acute stage. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1997;63:357-67.
16. Jovin TG, Vitti RA, McCluskey LF. Evolution of temporal lobe hypoperfusion in transient global amnesia: a serial single photon emission computed tomography study. J Neuroimaging 2000;10238-41.
17. LaBar KS, Gitelman DR, Parrish TB, Mesulam MM. Functional changes in temporal lobe activity during transient global amnesia. Neurology 2002;58:638-41.
18. Zorzon M, Longo R, Mase G, Biasutti E, Vitrani B, Cazzato G. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy during transient global amnesia. J Neurol Sci 1998;156:78-82.
19. Nardone R, Buffone EC, Matullo MF, Tezzon F. Motor cortex excitability in transient global amnesia. J Neurol 2004;251:42-6.
20. Tatlisumak T, Fisher M. Hematologic disorders associated with ischemic stroke. J Neurol Sci 1996;140:1-11
21. Gruber Gikovate C, Zirretta JC, Ferreira Bezerra JM, Canedo de Magalhaes G, Barkovich AJ. Transient globus pallidus T1 shortening associated with polycythaemia and dystonia. Neuroradiology 1999;41:288-91.
22. Calandre EP, Bembibre J, Arnedo ML, Becerra D. Cognitive disturbances and regional cerebral blood flow abnormalities in migraine patients: their relationship with the clinical manifestations of the illness. Cephalalgia 2002;22:291-302.
23. Shuping JR, Rollinson RD, Toole JF. Transient global amnesia. Ann Neurol 1980;7:281-5.