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MRI of bilateral hippocampal damage in permanent antegrade amnesia. Case report

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Seven years after encephalitis, magnetic resonance examination revealed bilateral hippocampal damage in a patient with permanent antegrade amnesia.

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Sette anni dopo un'encefalite un esame di Risonanza Magnetica dimostrò un danno bilaterale dell'ippocampo in un paziente con amnesia anterograda permanente.

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  1. Clinica Neurologica, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italia

    Paganini M., Taras M. & Arnetoli G.

  2. Cattedra di Radiologia, Università di Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa

    Mascalchi M.

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Paganini, M., Mascalchi, M., Taras, M. et al. MRI of bilateral hippocampal damage in permanent antegrade amnesia. Case report. Ital J Neuro Sci 15, 163–166 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02339209

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