- traumatic amnesia
- posttraumatic a.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
traumatic amnesia
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Post-traumatic amnesia — (PTA) is a state of confusion that occurs immediately following a traumatic brain injury(TBI) in which the injured person is disoriented and unable to remember events that occur after the injury.cite journal |author=Lee LK |title=Controversies in … Wikipedia
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Amnesia — Infobox Disease Name = Amnesia | Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|R|41|3|r|40 ICD9 = ICD9|780.9, ICD9|780.93 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D000647 Amnesia (from Greek polytonic|Ἀμνησία ) is a condition… … Wikipedia
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Amnesia, antegrade — Amnesia in which the lack of memory relates to events occurring after a traumatic occurrence … Medical dictionary
Amnesia, retrograde — Amnesia in which the lack of memory relates to events occurring before a traumatic occurrence … Medical dictionary
post-traumatic amnesia — /ˌpoʊst trɔˌmætɪk æmˈniʒə/ (say .pohst traw.matik am neezhuh) noun a temporary brain dysfunction and memory loss of the events which occurred prior to or after an injury is sustained. Abbrev.: PTA …
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Amnesia — An impairment or lack of memory. Amnesia after a trauma event can be either antegrade (lack of memory related to events occurring after the event) or retrograde (lack of memory related to events occurring before the event). * * * A disturbance in … Medical dictionary
Psychogenic amnesia — Psychogenic amnesia/functional amnesia/dissociative amnesia Classification and external resources ICD 10 F44.0 ICD 9 300.1 … Wikipedia
