The syndrome of transient epileptic amnesia

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 587-598

  Butler, Christopher R ^a,b   Graham, Kim S ^c   Hodges, John R ^c,d   Kapur, Narinder ^d   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a   Zeman, Adam Z J ^e  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 34447544690     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21111     Document Type: Article

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