Neuropsychological testing during a transient global amnesia episode and its follow-up.
A case of transient global amnesia has been neuropsychologically assessed during the attack. Global involvement of any memory modalities and far-reaching retrograde amnesia were found. Follow-up retesting, 1 week and 6 months later, showed persistence of mild verbal memory impairment.
D000647:Amnesia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests