title: Transient global amnesia: neuropsychological findings after single and multiple attacks.
abstract: We examined by neuropsychological tests 41 patients who had presented attacks of transient global amnesia (TGA; 31 had single and 10 multiple episodes), comparing them with 41 matched normal controls. Patients with single attacks showed only two impaired memory tasks with respect to controls (immediate and long-term verbal memory), while patients with multiple attacks showed more impaired tasks in memory and visuoperceptual ability. These data confirm that TGA is a benign syndrome, but could leave a few subclinical memory deficits probably exacerbated by repeated attacks.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurology, University of Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gallassi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stracciari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morreale
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lorusso
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Rebucci
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lugaresi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000647:Amnesia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics