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| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px;" |Does not resolve, progressive [[memory]] loss  
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| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px;" |[[Alzheimer's disease]], [[Pick's disease]], [[Parkinson's disease]]
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Jesus Rosario Hernandez, M.D. [2] Zehra Malik, M.B.B.S[3]

Amnesia Differential Diagnosis

Diseases Differentiating Features
Duration Association Cognitive Impairment Feature 4 Feature 5 Feature 6
Post-traumatic amnesia Varies Head Trauma Variable
Dissociative Amnesia Variable. Could last minutes, hours, or rarely even months or years
Transient global amnesia Less than 24hrs Brain ischemia, migraine, seizure, venous congestion, psychological trauma. No cognitive impairment
Drug-Induced Amnesia Once drug is stopped, memory gradually regained Benzodiazepines No cognitive impairment
Neurological Amnesia Does not resolve, patient experiences progressive memory loss. Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, Parkinson's disease cognitive impairment observed
Transient epileptic amnesia[3] Episodic transient amnesia History of epilepsy No cognitive impairment

References

  1. Waldemar G, Dubois B, Emre M, Georges J, McKeith IG, Rossor M; et al. (2007). "Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's disease and other disorders associated with dementia: EFNS guideline". Eur J Neurol. 14 (1): e1–26. doi:10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01605.x. PMID 17222085.
  2. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5. Washington, D.C: American Psychiatric Association. 2013. ISBN 0890425558.
  3. Zeman AZ, Boniface SJ, Hodges JR (1998). "Transient epileptic amnesia: a description of the clinical and neuropsychological features in 10 cases and a review of the literature". J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 64 (4): 435–43. doi:10.1136/jnnp.64.4.435. PMC 2170058. PMID 9576532.

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