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Case Reports
. 1991 Nov-Dec;32(6):882-5.
doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1991.tb05545.x.

Transient global amnesia as a postictal state from recurrent partial seizures

C A Tassinari  1 , C Ciarmatori, C Alesi, L Cardinaletti, F Salvi, G Rubboli, R Plasmati, A Forti, R Michelucci
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Case Reports

Transient global amnesia as a postictal state from recurrent partial seizures

C A Tassinari et al. Epilepsia. 1991 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

A 60-year-old patient had a 3-year history of recurrent memory disturbances. The video electroencephalographic (EEG) recording of one attack showed that the amnesic state, which clinically resembled transient global amnesia, was characterized by a normal EEG tracing followed by electroclinical complex partial seizures. We suggest that "epileptic" transient global amnesia is postictal in nature.

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