title: [Transient Epileptic Amnesia: a case report and a reappraisal].
abstract: Transient Epileptic Amnesia is a late-onset form of temporal lobe epilepsy characterized by recurrent attacks of transient retrograde and anterograde amnesia usually lasting less than one hour and beginning in late-middle to old age. Attacks commonly occur on waking, a potentially helpful diagnostic clue. The amnesic attacks may be associated with persistent memory complaints. The diagnosis is made on the basis of the clinical history, wake or sleep - deprived EEG (often repeated) and/or a clear - cut response to anticonvulsivant therapy. The pathophysiology remains poorly understood. It is uncertain whether recurrent episodes of amnesia represent ictal or post-ictal phenomena.
authors.affiliation: Unité Epilepsie et malaises, CHU de GrenobleUnité Epilepsie et malaises, CHU de Grenoble. IFavre@chu-grenoble.fr
authors.forename: Isabelle M A
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Favre
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Véran
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Payen
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vercueil
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D020324:Amnesia, Anterograde / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000503:physiopathology; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants