title: [A profound retrograde amnesia of almost 30 years and the role of organic, intentional and psychogenic factors].
abstract: A 57-year-old man was referred to the Department of Psychiatry & Psychology of a university hospital because of recurrent depressive episodes. He claimed to have had a total amnesia for approximately the first 30 years of his life following an incident resembling a fugue. This case of a focal retrograde amnesia shows the limitations of a dichotomic view of organic, psychogenic and intentional factors.
authors.affiliation: Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum, Maastricht. l.weusten@mondriaan.nl
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Weusten
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Severeijns
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leue
mesh_terms: D000648:Amnesia, Retrograde / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications