Preferred Label : amnesia, retrograde;
MeSH 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);
MeSH synonym : retrograde amnesia; amnesias, retrograde; retrograde amnesias;
MeSH hyponym : memory loss, retrograde; Pre-Ictal memory loss; amnesia, Pre-Ictal; Memory Losses, Retrograde; Retrograde Memory Loss; Retrograde Memory Losses; Memory Loss, Pre-Ictal; Memory Losses, Pre-Ictal; Pre Ictal Memory Loss; Pre-Ictal Memory Losses; Amnesia, Pre Ictal; Amnesias, Pre-Ictal; Pre-Ictal Amnesia; Pre-Ictal Amnesias;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrograde amnesia;
Origin ID : D000648;
UMLS CUI : C0002624;
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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)