Across studies, the mean age of an episode ranges from 61 to 67.3 years

most commonly presents in the seventh decade of life.

attacks usually last for 1-8 h but should be less than 24 h (1)Д®pidemiological data put the annual incidence of TGA between 3.4 and 10.4/100,000 (2).

patient remain alert, attentive, and cognition is not impaired.

does not have any focal neurological symptoms.

presents classically with an abrupt onset of severe anterograde amnesia.

is unable to recall the episode once they have recovered.

Is neurologically intact except for absent memory Patients with this condition are often described - wrongly - as being confused. The patient is usually over 50 years old and an attack may last several hours. 96(4):380-5.Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a temporary and isolated disorder of memory. Long lasting recurrent familiar transient global amnesia after betablocker treatment withdrawal: case report. Transient global amnesia after breathing hyperoxic mixtures in otherwise regular dives. Spigno F, De Lucchi M, Migliazzi L, Cocito L. What does transient global amnesia really mean? Review of the literature and thorough study of 142 cases. Quinette P, Guillery-Girard B, Dayan J, et al. Transient global amnesia associated with the infusion of DMSO-cryopreserved autologous peripheral blood stem cells. Otrock ZK, Beydoun A, Barada WM, Masroujeh R, Hourani R, Bazarbachi A. Transient global amnesia and transient ischemic attack: a community- based case-control study. The prognosis of transient global amnesia. Recurrent transient global amnesia with intrathecal baclofen. Detection of intracranial venous reflux in patients of transient global amnesia. Diffusion-weighted MRI characterizes the ischemic lesion in transient global amnesia.

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