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Transient global amnesia with bilateral hippocampal lesions: report of two cases

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    Alexis Demas, Omar Bennani, Adèle Heranval, Jean Philippe Cochin & Yvan Vaschalde

  2. Department of Neurology, Rouen University Hospital, University of Rouen, Rouen, France

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Demas, A., Richard, C., Bennani, O. et al. Transient global amnesia with bilateral hippocampal lesions: report of two cases. Acta Neurol Belg 120, 1449–1451 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-019-01271-8

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