Evaluation of patients with transient global amnesia.(Tips from Other Journals)

From: American Family Physician | Date: May 1, 1998| Author: Sadovsky, Richard | Copyright information

Transient global amnesia involves the sudden loss of memory of recent events and a transient inability to retain new information. The incidence is higher in people 50 years of age and older, although it remains a rare occurrence. The patient with transient global amnesia may be disoriented, but behavior is otherwise normal. Most attacks resolve within several hours, although the patient remains amnestic to events that occurred during the episode. Brown conducted a literature review a...

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