Seasonal Variation in the Incidence of Transient Global Amnesia in South Korea
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Seasonal Variation in the Incidence of Transient Global Amnesia in South Korea
Dear Editor, Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a syndrome characterized by sudden-onset transient amnesia that is not associated with other neurological deficits.1 Although the exact pathophysiology is not completely understood, emotional stress, physical exertion, temperature change, and sexual intercourse are common precipitating events of TGA.2 Keret et al.3 recently hypothesized that the in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Neurology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1738-6586,2005-5013
DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2017.13.4.435