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  • Title: [Transient Epileptic Amnesia: a case report and a reappraisal].
    Author: Favre IM, Véran O, Payen I, Vercueil L.
    Journal: Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil; 2011 Mar; 9(1):83-9. PubMed ID: 21586381.
    Abstract:
    Transient Epileptic Amnesia is a late-onset form of temporal lobe epilepsy characterized by recurrent attacks of transient retrograde and anterograde amnesia usually lasting less than one hour and beginning in late-middle to old age. Attacks commonly occur on waking, a potentially helpful diagnostic clue. The amnesic attacks may be associated with persistent memory complaints. The diagnosis is made on the basis of the clinical history, wake or sleep - deprived EEG (often repeated) and/or a clear - cut response to anticonvulsivant therapy. The pathophysiology remains poorly understood. It is uncertain whether recurrent episodes of amnesia represent ictal or post-ictal phenomena.
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