Transient epileptic amnesia: Déjà vu heralding recovery of lost memories

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1178-1179

  Milton, Fraser ^a   Butler, C R ^b   Zeman, A Z J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

AGED; AGITATION; AMNESIA; BITE; CASE REPORT; DEJA VU; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY HALLUCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT EPILEPTIC AMNESIA; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; BRAIN; DEJA VU; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL;

EID: 80052612407     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.200147     Document Type: Letter

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