J Clin Neurol.  2017 Oct;13(4):424-425. 10.3988/jcn.2017.13.4.424.

Repetitive Questioning and Writing in a Patient with Transient Global Amnesia

• Koo DL
• Kim JA
• Nam H

• KMID: 2392140
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2017.13.4.424

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Amnesia, Transient Global*
Humans
Writing*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 During the TGA episode, the patient repetitively wrote about the date of symptom onset (open arrows), her worries regarding the marital state of her younger sister (arrowheads), and the name of the school and the grades her children were in (closed arrows) (A). After completely recovering from TGA, we asked the patient to rewrite the same content (B), and compared the two texts. TGA: transient global amnesia.

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