Accelerated long-term forgetting (ALF) and transient epileptic amnesia (TEA): Two cases of epilepsy‐related memory disorder

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 382-388

  Kemp, Steven ^a   Illman, Nathan A ^b   Moulin, Chris J A ^b   Baddeley, Alan D ^c  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerated long term forgetting (ALF); Transient epileptic amnesia (TEA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 85027930714     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.04.119     Document Type: Article

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