Amnesia, Retrograde

Retrograd amnesi

Svensk definition

Oförmåga att minnas händelser som inträffat före en viss tidpunkt. Fenomenet kan ha organiska eller psykogena orsaker. Organiska orsaker kan vara skallskada, stroke, krampanfall, demens eller ett stort antal olika tillstånd som hämmar hjärnfunktionerna.

Engelsk definition

Loss of the ability to recall information that had been previously encoded in memory prior to a specified or approximate point in time. This process may be organic or psychogenic in origin. Organic forms may be associated with CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENTS; SEIZURES; DEMENTIA; and a wide variety of other conditions that impair cerebral function. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp426-9)

Svenska synonymer

Retrograd minnesförlust Preiktal amnesi Amnesi, retrograd

Engelska synonymer

Amnesias, Retrograde Retrograde Amnesias Retrograde Amnesia Memory Loss, Retrograde Memory Losses, Retrograde Retrograde Memory Loss Retrograde Memory Losses Pre-Ictal Memory Loss Memory Loss, Pre-Ictal Memory Losses, Pre-Ictal Pre Ictal Memory Loss Pre-Ictal Memory Losses Amnesia, Pre-Ictal Amnesia, Pre Ictal Amnesias, Pre-Ictal Pre-Ictal Amnesia Pre-Ictal Amnesias