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Transient global amnesia with bilateral hippocampal lesions during the COVID-19 global outbreak.

Toshinori NishizawaAkiko KawakamiTomohiro TaguchiYasuhiro Osugi
Published in: Journal of general and family medicine (2020)
This manuscript presents a case report of transient global amnesia with bilateral hippocampal lesions which might be triggered by the fear of getting infected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The purpose of this article is to facilitate the clinicians in understanding that an increasing number of patients with transient global amnesia have been reported during the COVID-19 global outbreak.
Keyphrases
  • coronavirus disease
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  • cerebral ischemia
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • palliative care
  • case report
  • subarachnoid hemorrhage
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