Long lasting recurrent familiar transient global amnesia after betablocker treatment withdrawal: case report.
Case Reports
2008; 29(1): 44-46
PubMed PMID: 18283253
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Keywords:
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists:adverse effects, Amnesia, Transient Global:diagnosis, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Migraine Disorders:drug therapy, Recurrence, Substance Withdrawal Syndrome, Vasomotor System:physiopathology, Vasospasm, Intracranial:complication.
: The etiology of Transient Global Amnesia (TGA) is not yet clear. A small part of TGA has a familiar occurrence. We report a case of recurrent, long-lasting familiar amnesia occurring after betablocker treatment withdrawal in a migrainous patient. We suggest that familiar TGA could be caused by the mechanism of vasospasm rather than venous congestion and that the abnormal cerebral vasomotor control could be the hereditary substrate in this condition....
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Vyhnálek M, Bojar M, Jerabek J, Hort J. Long lasting recurrent familiar transient global amnesia after betablocker treatment withdrawal: case report. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2008 Feb; 29(1): 44-46