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To the Editor: Severe emotional stress can lead to a myriad of somatic or neurologic problems, including transient global amnesia, a syndrome of retrograde and anterograde memory loss without focal neurologic disturbances.¹ I report the case of a healthy man who presented with transient, profound anterograde and retrograde amnesia that was precipitated by a disturbing dream.

A healthy 61-year-old man was brought to the emergency department by his wife after she noticed that he was forgetful of the previous evening's activities and was unable to form new memories during the subsequent day. The patient repeated the same questions and could . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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