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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Amnesia, Retrograde
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Amnesia Retrógrada
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Amnésia Retrógrada
Synonyms
English
:
Pre-Ictal Memory Loss
Retrograde Amnesia
Tree Number:
C10.597.606.525.100.150
C23.888.592.604.529.100.150
F01.700.625.100.150
F03.615.200.150
Definition
English
:
Loss of the ability to recall
information
that had been previously encoded in
memory
prior to a specified or approximate point in time. This process may be organic or psychogenic in origin. Organic forms may be associated with
CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA
; CEREBROVASCULAR
ACCIDENTS
;
SEIZURES
;
DEMENTIA
; and a wide variety of other conditions that impair cerebral function. (From Adams et al., Principles of
Neurology
, 6th ed, pp426-9)
History Note
English
:
1991(1976); was see under AMNESIA 1976-1990
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VI
virology
Record Number:
663
Unique Identifier:
D000648
Occurrence in VHL
:
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