A case of retrograde amnesia after resection of a medullablastoma - Psychogenic, organic or functional?;Ein fall von retrograder amnesie nach resektion eines medulloblastoms - psychogen, organisch, funktionell?

Neurologie und Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-116

  Pommerenke, K ^a   Staniloiu, A ^b,c   Markowitsch, H J ^b   Eulitz, H ^a   Gutler R ^a   Dettmers, Christian ^a  

^a Kliniken Schmieder Konstanz   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; Medulloblastoma; Mnestic block syndrome; Psychogenic amnesia; Retrograde amnesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEMORY DISORDER; SCROTUM DISORDER;

EID: 84860356417     PISSN: 09472177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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