Overview
Alerts readers to the symptoms and signs of transient global amnesia (TGA)
Raises awareness of TGA so that it is not overlooked or misdiagnosed
Alerts readers to other conditions which might be mistaken for TGA
Provides readers with information about the various tests available
Provides readers with current thinking on the causes of TGA
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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About this book
Transient Global Amnesia is aimed at any clinician with an interest in, or who encounters patients with, acute amnesia: neurologists, general physicians, old age psychiatrists, geriatricians, clinical neuropsychologists, and primary care physicians, as well as other professions allied to medicine with similar interests, such as members of memory assessment teams.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transient Global Amnesia
Book Subtitle: From Patient Encounter to Clinical Neuroscience
Authors: A.J. Larner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54476-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85401-4Published: 25 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-54476-2Published: 01 May 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 133
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurology, Primary Care Medicine, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Psychiatry