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. 1982 Nov;45(11):1062–1063. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.45.11.1062

Transient global amnesia due to left temporal haemorrhage

Gianluca Landi 1, Maria Cristina Giusti 1, Mario Guidotti 1
PMCID: PMC491648  PMID: 7175531

Abstract

In a patient with transient global amnesia, computed tomography demonstrated a left temporal haemorrhage sparing the hippocampal region.

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