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Bilateral and limited amygdalohippocampal lesions causing a pure amnesic syndrome
Author(s) -
Duyckaerts C.,
Derouesne C.,
Signoret J. L.,
Gray F.,
Escourolle R.,
Castaigne P.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410180307
Subject(s) - amnesia , medicine , psychiatry
A pure amnesic syndrome of 21 months' duration occurred in a 36‐year‐old man following a transient confusional state. The patient died of Hodgkin's disease. At postmortem examination, bilateral and symmetrical neuronal loss, without inflammatory changes, was restricted to the hippocampus and amygdaloid bodies.