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Transient amnesia triggered by acute marijuana intoxication
A Stracciari1, M Guarino, C Crespi
1Department of Neurology, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna Italy. neuro@orsola-malpighi.med.unibo.it
European Journal of Neurology
|June 11, 1999
Abstract:
We report an unusual case of sudden isolated transient amnesia triggered by acute marijuana use. The memory disorder, apart from the long duration, had the characteristics of a transient global amnesia-like episode. Acute marijuana intoxication can affect memory more globally and severely than previously reported.