Transient global amnesia: an extensive case report.
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چکیده
A case of transient global amnesia was studied in detail. Of note was a temporally extensive, although quite patchy, retrograde amnesia during the event for information recallable at other times. While a consolidation block can explain the anterograde amnesia in transient global amnesia, the profound retrograde amnesia requires an additional block in the retrieval of old, established memories.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
دوره 42 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1979