Autobiographical age awareness disturbance syndrome in autoimmune 2 limbic encephalitis : two case reports
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Autobiographical age awareness disturbance syndrome in autoimmune limbic encephalitis: two case reports.
BACKGROUND Autobiographical memory is a form of episodic memory characterized by a sense of time and consciousness that enables an individual to subjectively re-experience his or her past. As part of this mental re-enactment, the past is recognized relative to the present. Dysfunction of this memory system may lead to confusion regarding the present perception of time. CASE PRESENTATION Two J...
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