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    Clinical features of amnestic syndromes

    Syndrome

    Clinical Features

    Wernicke-Korsakoff

    Nystagmus, ataxia, peripheral neuropathy

    temporal lobectomy

    Visual field defect, history of surgery

    head trauma

    Frontal lobe dysfunction, history of trauma

    hippocampal infarct

    Homonymous hemianopsia or cortical visual defect

    Thalamic infarction, bleeding

    Rapid onset, vascular risk factors

    Anoxia

    History of cardiopulmonary arrest

    Herpes simplex encephalitis

    Kluver-Bucy syndrome, aphasia, seizures

    Tumor

    Homonymous hemianopsia, hemiparesis, headache

    Basal frontal lesions

    Personality changes, diabetes insipidus, hypothermia

    Alzheimer's disease (early stage)

    Slow-developing amnesia in an elderly patient

    ECT

    Depression with a history of ECT

    transient global amnesia

    Usually vascular etiology, cerebrovascular disease

    hypoglycemia

    High insulin intake

    psychogenic amnesia

    Identity confusion can be amnestic to some personal information



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