Bilateral Hippocampal Infarction as Etiology of Sudden and Prolonged Memory Loss

Sudden memory loss, with prolonged cognitive deterioration, clinically initially resembling a transitory global amnesia (TGA)-like episode, might be caused by ischemic stroke in the hippocampal regions. We report a patient with TGA-type sudden anterograde amnesia and normal head CT. Examinations rev...

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Main Authors: Ivan Marinkovic, Jukka Lyytinen, Leena Valanne, Riikka Niinikuru, Eero Pekkonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-11-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/345564