Transient epileptic amnesia: A neurosurgical case report

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 709-713

  Soper, Ana C ^a,b   Wagner, Mark T ^a,b   Edwards, Jonathan C ^a,b   Pritchard, Paul B ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Memory disorders; Seizure disorders; Transient epileptic amnesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMORY; TRANSIENT EPILEPTIC AMNESIA;

AMNESIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY;

EID: 79954613051     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.01.026     Document Type: Article

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