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Back to the past. Case report and review on retrograde memory loss
Retrograde memory loss where many years disappear of a 31 year old woman who experienced an unusually long
suddenly from memory is a known but rare form of form of retrograde amnesia. She developed the memory
memory disturbance among young and old subjects. For loss in the wake of disappointment and a life event. At the
those whose brain is affected by a known organic damage time she had major depression. Having described the case
such as head trauma the time lost from memory is usually and presented the results of neuropsychological testing,
not counted in years, but typically hours or sometimes we associate her story with the state of knowledge on
days or weeks. We review in this article current knowledge retrograde memory loss.
on retrograde memory loss as we describe the experience
Johannsson M, Karlsdottir TA, Sigurdsson E.
Back to the past. Case report and review on retrograde memory loss lcel Med J 2011; 97: 159-64
Key words: Memory loss, retrograde, neuropsychological testing.
Correspondence: Engilbert Sigurðsson, engilbs@landspitali.is
Barst: 7. nóvember 2010, - samþykkt til birtingar: 18. janúar 2011
Hagsmunatengsl: Engin
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