Transient amnesia resulting from vertebral artery dissection.
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Transient amnesia resulting from vertebral artery dissection.
Acute transient amnesia has not been previously associated with vertebral artery dissection. We describe two men with acute onset of dense anterograde amnesia and partial retrograde amnesia resulting from spontaneous vertebral artery dissection. Both amnesic syndromes completely resolved with conservative management.
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.19.1.98