Persistent autobiographical amnesia: A case report

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-17

  Repetto, C ^a   Manenti, R ^b   Sansone, V ^c   Cotelli, M ^a,d   Perani, D ^e   Garibotto, V ^e   Zanetti, O ^a   Meola, G ^c   Miniussi, C ^a,f  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autobiographic amnesia; FRA; Functional retrograde amnesia; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN;

EID: 33847362324     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/534043     Document Type: Article

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