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Descriptor
English
:
Amnesia, Anterograde
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Amnesia Anterógrada
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Amnésia Anterógrada
Synonyms
English
:
Anterograde Amnesia
Memory Loss, Anterograde
Post-Ictal Memory Loss
Tree Number:
C10.597.606.525.100.075
C23.888.592.604.529.100.075
F01.700.625.100.075
F03.087.200.137
Definition
English
:
Loss of the ability to form new memories beyond a certain point in
time
. This condition may be organic or psychogenic in origin. Organically induced anterograde
amnesia
may follow
CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA
;
SEIZURES
;
ANOXIA
; and other conditions which adversely
affect
neural structures associated with
memory
formation (e.g., the
HIPPOCAMPUS
; FORNIX (BRAIN); MAMMILLARY BODIES; and ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI). (From
Memory
1997 Jan-Mar;5(1-2):49-71)
History Note
English
:
2000
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
34322
Unique Identifier:
D020324
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