Transient global amnesia with bilateral hippocampal lesions during the COVID-19 global outbreak.

anterograde amesia epilepsy

Journal

Journal of general and family medicine
ISSN: 2189-7948
Titre abrégé: J Gen Fam Med
Pays: Japan
ID NLM: 101689875

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
May 2021
Historique:
received: 19 10 2020
accepted: 08 12 2020
entrez: 12 5 2021
pubmed: 13 5 2021
medline: 13 5 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

This manuscript presents a case report of transient global amnesia with bilateral hippocampal lesions which might be triggered by the fear of getting infected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The purpose of this article is to facilitate the clinicians in understanding that an increasing number of patients with transient global amnesia have been reported during the COVID-19 global outbreak.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33977014
doi: 10.1002/jgf2.414
pii: JGF2414
pmc: PMC8090848
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

154-155

Informations de copyright

© 2020 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Auteurs

Toshinori Nishizawa (T)

Department of General Internal Medicine St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Department of General Internal Medicine Toyota Regional Medical Center Toyota Japan.

Akiko Kawakami (A)

Department of General Internal Medicine Toyota Regional Medical Center Toyota Japan.
Postgraduate Clinical Training Center Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital Nagoya Japan.

Tomohiro Taguchi (T)

Department of General Internal Medicine Toyota Regional Medical Center Toyota Japan.
Department of Community Medicine Fujita Health University Toyoake Japan.

Yasuhiro Osugi (Y)

Department of General Internal Medicine Toyota Regional Medical Center Toyota Japan.
Department of Community Based Medicine Fujita Health University Toyoake Japan.

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