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Transient forgetfullness

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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Clinical syndrome characterized by sudden onset of anterograde amnesia (inability to encode new memories), accompanied by repetitive questioning, sometimes with a retrograde component, lasting up to 24 hours, without compromise of other neurologic functions (1).

Causes include:

  • head injury
  • epilepsy (postictal)
  • cerebrovascular insufficiency
  • Alzheimer's disease - in early disease
  • temporal lobe tumours
  • transient global amnesia

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