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Cerebral single photon emission computer tomography in thalamic lacunar infarction presenting with amnesia
Department of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan
Correspondence to:
Kiyotaka Nakamagoe, Nakamagoek@md.tsukuba.ac.jp
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A 62-year-old right handed woman experienced a sudden decrease in spontaneity and a concurrent deterioration of memory. Her consciousness was clear. Some points, such as recalling the names of three simple preregistered objects after 5 mins and calculation, were deducted from the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score (23/30). She was oriented to time and place. The Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised showed verbal rather than spatial memory impairment (the spatial memory index/verbal memory index difference score was 26, a significant value). No abnormalities
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