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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2022

Forgetting the Unforgettable: Transient Global Amnesia Part II: A Clinical Road Map.

Marco Sparaco, Rosario Pascarella, Carmine Franco Muccio, Marialuisa Zedde

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Marco SparacoDivision of Neurology with Stroke Unit, Department of Neurosciences, A.O. "San Pio", P.O. "G. Rummo", Via Dell'Angelo 1, 82100 Benevento, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0549-2406
Rosario PascarellaNeuroradiology Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Via Amendola 2, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0512-9298
Carmine Franco MuccioNeuroradiology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, A.O. "San Pio", P.O. "G. Rummo", Via Dell'Angelo 1, 82100 Benevento, Italy.
Marialuisa ZeddeNeurology Unit-Stroke Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Via Amendola 2, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7530-818X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a clinical syndrome characterized by the sudden onset of a temporary memory disorder with profound anterograde amnesia and a variable impairment of the past memory. Usually, the attacks are preceded by a precipitating event, last up to 24 h and are not associated with other neurological deficits. Diagnosis can be challenging because the identification of TGA requires the exclusion of some acute amnestic syndromes that occur in emergency situations and share structural or functional alterations of memory circuits. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) studies performed 24-96 h after symptom onset can help to confirm the diagnosis by identifying lesions in the CA1 field of the hippocampal cornu ammonis, but their practical utility in changing the management of patients is a matter of discussion. In this review, we aim to provide a practical approach to early recognition of this condition in daily practice, highlighting both the lights and the shadows of the diagnostic criteria. For this purpose, we summarize current knowledge about the clinical presentation, diagnostic pathways, differential diagnosis, and the expected long-term outcome of TGA.

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amnesiahippocampusmemorymigrainestransient global amnesia

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PMID35887703
PMCPMC9319625

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