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[Transient global amnesia].

C Masson
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UNLABELLED: A DISTINCTIVE SYNDROME: Transient global amnesia is a very distinctive amnesic syndrome. The attack begins abruptly with massive anterograde verbal and non-verbal amnesia. Retrograde amnesia, variable in extent, is also present. A repetitive questioning behavior is usual. The memory impairment gradually resolves after almost always less than 12 hours. WELL-DEFINED CRITERIA: Specific criteria make it possible to distinguish transient global amnesia from psychogenic amnesia, acute confusional state and transient epileptic amnesia. "Pure" transient global amnesia is usually idiopathic and has a good prognosis. It is also distinguishable from symptomatic transient global amnesia. PATHOGENESIS: Functional imaging studies detect hippocampic or thalamic hypoperfusion. This oligemia may be secondary to neuronal dysfunction compatible with spreading depression. The pathogenic mechanisms remain unclear.

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C Masson. 2000-10-14. [Transient global amnesia].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11089510/

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