Transient epileptic amnesia: An emerging late-onset epileptic syndrome

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages 58-61

  Bilo, Leonilda ^a   Meo, Roberta ^b   Ruosi, Patrizia ^a   De Leva, Maria Fulvia ^a   Striano, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Neurology Outpatients Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Transient epileptic amnesia; Transient global amnesia

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT EPILEPTIC AMNESIA; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMNESIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 65549162678     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02124.x     Document Type: Article

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