Abstract

SIERRA MONTOYA, María Paulina; ASCENSIO LANCHEROS, José Luis; OCHOA GOMEZ, John Fredy  and  CARVAJAL-CASTRILLON, Julián. Isolated retrograde amnesia: clinical description and neuroimages of a case. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2014, vol.30, n.3, pp.215-221. ISSN 0120-8748.

Isolated retrograde amnesia is an uncommon Neuropsychological deficit and its etiology, clinical features, imaging and recovery have been poorly documented. This article reports the clinical case of a 28 year old female patient, resident in Medellin, Colombia, who after a kidnapping, suffers loss of remote memory. The patient received neuropsychological assessment, structural and functional neuroimaging studies, in order to characterize a possible neurological damage.

Keywords : Neuropsychology; Retrograde Amnesia; Retrograde Memory Loss; Isolated Retrograde Amnesia.

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