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Transient global amnesia or transient epileptic amnesia?
Universitätsklinik für Neurology Innsbruck Austria email: Gerhard.Bauer@uibk.ac.at
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Sir,
We read with great interest the letter of McCorry and Crowley1 concerning an attack of transient global amnesia (TGA) considered secondary to herpes simplex viral encephalitis. Some features of the reported attack are unusual. The patient was a relatively young person: 39 years compared with an average age of 61 with TGA.2 At the beginning the patient suddenly became distressed; he realized the