Focal retrograde amnesia: Extending the clinical syndrome of transient epileptic amnesia

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1319-1321

  Hornberger, Michael ^a,b   Mohamed, Armin ^c   Miller, Laurie ^c   Watson, John ^c   Thayer, Zoe ^c   Hodges, John R ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Ictal epileptic activity; Prodromal TEA; Retrograde amnesia; Transient epileptic amnesia

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LAMOTRIGINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CASE REPORT; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 77955660820     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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