Transient Epileptic Amnesia: A case report and a reappraisal;Amnésie transitoire épileptique ou ictus amnésique épileptique : Discussion nosographique à partir d'un cas clinique

Geriatrie et Psychologie Neuropsychiatrie du Vieillissement

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-89

  Favre, Isabelle M A ^a   Véran, Olivier ^a   Payen, Isabelle ^b   Vercueil, Laurent ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Unité de Neurologie Générale   (France)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Epileptic syndrome; Transient epileptic amnesia; Transient global amnesia

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; BRAIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WAKEFULNESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 79955909547     PISSN: 21158789     EISSN: 21157863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/pnv.2011.0254     Document Type: Article

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