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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254657103321

Autore

Larner A.J

Titolo

Transient Global Amnesia : From Patient Encounter to Clinical Neuroscience / / by A.J. Larner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-54476-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 133 p. 6 illus., 3 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

616.8

Soggetti

Neurology 

Primary care (Medicine)

Geriatrics

Psychiatry

Neurology

Primary Care Medicine

Geriatrics/Gerontology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

History of TGA -- Clinical features, diagnostic criteria, and possible variants of TGA -- Differential diagnosis of TGA -- Investigation and management of TGA -- Prognosis of TGA -- Epidemiology of TGA -- Aetiopathogenesis of TGA.

Sommario/riassunto

This brief, accessible book covers all aspects of transient global amnesia (TGA). First, it deals with the history of TGA before moving on to clinical and diagnostic features, and differential diagnosis. The investigation and management of TGA is then discussed, followed by treatment and prognosis. Each of the chapters is devoted to a practical and structured overview of the particular topic, with use of case studies to illustrate the material. Based in part on the author’s experience of TGA cases over 15 years and in part on a review of the published literature, this book will hopefully enlighten clinicians from a broad range of medical backgrounds on the clinical features, investigation, and pathogenesis of TGA. 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.