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==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
*Amnesia can be divided into two broad groups: | *Amnesia can be divided into two broad groups: | ||
**[[Anterograde amnesia]]: The inability to form new [[memory]]. Past memory is intact. | **[[Anterograde amnesia]]: The inability to form new [[memory]]. Past [[memory]] is intact. | ||
**[[Retrograde amnesia]]: The loss of memory prior to the onset of amnesia. Patient can form new memories. | **[[Retrograde amnesia]]: The loss of [[memory]] prior to the [[onset]] of amnesia. Patient can form new [[memories]]. | ||
*Following are types of amnesia, these can features of anterograde, retrograde or both: | *Following are types of amnesia, these can features of anterograde, retrograde or both: | ||
**[[Dissociative Amnesia]] | **[[Dissociative Amnesia]] |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Zehra Malik, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Amnesia can be divided into two broad groups, retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia. Anterograde amnesia is the inability to form new memory and retrograde amnesia is the loss of memory prior to the onset of amnesia.
Classification
- Amnesia can be divided into two broad groups:
- Anterograde amnesia: The inability to form new memory. Past memory is intact.
- Retrograde amnesia: The loss of memory prior to the onset of amnesia. Patient can form new memories.
- Following are types of amnesia, these can features of anterograde, retrograde or both:
- Dissociative Amnesia
- Post-traumatic Amnesia
- Infantile Amnesia
- Drug-Induced Amnesia
- Amnesia in Korsakoff’s Syndrome
- Selective Amnesia
- Epileptic Amnesia
- Lacunar amnesia