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Pathologic partial or complete loss of the ability to recall past experiences (AMNESIA, RETROGRADE) or to form new memories (AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE). This condition may be of organic or psychologic origin. Organic forms of amnesia are usually associated with dysfunction of the DIENCEPHALON or HIPPOCAMPUS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp426-7)
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- Amnesia-Memory Loss
- Amnesia Memory Loss
- Amnesia-Memory Losses
- Amnesias
- Amnesia, Dissociative
- Amnesia, Global
- Amnesia, Hysterical
- Amnesia, Tactile
- Amnesia, Temporary
- Amnestic State
- Amnesias, Dissociative
- Amnesias, Global
- Amnesias, Hysterical
- Amnesias, Tactile
- Amnesias, Temporary
- Amnestic States
- Dissociative Amnesia
- Dissociative Amnesias
- Global Amnesia
- Global Amnesias
- Hysterical Amnesia
- Hysterical Amnesias
- State, Amnestic
- States, Amnestic
- Tactile Amnesia
- Tactile Amnesias
- Temporary Amnesia
- Temporary Amnesias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Amnesia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000647. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000647
- Amnesia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesia
- Amnesia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11072