What is Amnesia?

What is Amnesia?

• Amnesia: Memory loss.
• Amnesia: partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening".
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Amnesia: Introduction

Types of Amnesia:

Broader types of Amnesia:

• Brain conditions
• Mental illness
• more types...»

How serious is Amnesia?

Complications of Amnesia: see complications of Amnesia

What causes Amnesia?

Causes of Amnesia: see causes of Amnesia

What are the symptoms of Amnesia?

Symptoms of Amnesia: see symptoms of Amnesia

Complications of Amnesia: see complications of Amnesia

Amnesia: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Amnesia.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Amnesia.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Amnesia: see treatments for Amnesia
Research for Amnesia: see research for Amnesia

Organs Affected by Amnesia:

Organs and body systems related to Amnesia include:

• Brain
• Memory

Name and Aliases of Amnesia

Main name of condition: Amnesia

Class of Condition for Amnesia: mental

Memory loss, Blackout
Source - WordNet 2.1

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Amnesia:

• Antegrade amnesia
• Retrograde amnesia
• Dissociative amnesia
• Transient global amnesia
• Lacunar amnesia
• Source amnesia
• Dissociative fugue
• Memory distrust syndrome

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