Transient Global Amnesia
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Transient Global Amnesia Symptoms
Symptoms of transient global
amnesia
include:
Anxiety
symptoms
Inability to remember
recent events
Inability to remember
new information
Asking the same questions over and over
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Last Updated: Aug 13, 2008
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Stephen J. Schueler, MD
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Transient Global Amnesia References:
Huber R, Aschoff AJ, Ludolph AC, Riepe MW. Transient Global Amnesia. Evidence against vascular ischemic etiology from diffusion weighted imaging. J Neurol. 2002 Nov;249(11):1520-4.
Lewis SL. Aetiology of transient global amnesia. Lancet. 1998 Aug 1;352(9125):397-9.
Pradalier A, Lutz G, Vincent D. Transient global amnesia, migraine, thalamic infarct, dihydroergotamine, and sumatriptan. Headache. 2000 Apr;40(4):324-7.
Sander K, Sander D. New insights into transient global amnesia: recent imaging and clinical findings. Lancet Neurol. 2005 Jul;4(7):437-44.
Tong DC, Grossman M. What causes transient global amnesia? New insights from DWI. Neurology. 2004 Jun 22;62(12):2154-5.
