The long-term risk of epilepsy after transient global amnesia: A population-based cohort study

• Published in: Clinical neurology and neurosurgery Vol. 197; p. 106086
• Main Authors: Hsieh, Sun-Wung, Yang, Yuan-Han, Ho, Bo-Lin, Yang, Shan-Tzu, Chen, Chun-Hung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.10.2020; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age; Amnesia; Anterograde amnesia; Cardiovascular disease; Cognitive ability; Cohort analysis; Cohort study; Convulsions & seizures; Datasets; Epilepsy; Gender; Health insurance; Hippocampus; Hospitals; Neurology; Neurosurgery; Patient admissions; Population; Population studies; Population-based studies; Retrograde amnesia; Risk factors; Seizure; Transient global amnesia; Taiwan; Seizure; Transient global amnesia; Anterograde amnesia; Epilepsy; Cohort study; Hippocampus

•TGA is characterized by the sudden onset of larger anterograde and milder retrograde amnesia that lasts up to 24 h.•The risk of long-term epilepsy after TGA is uncertain.•In our study, the yearly incidence rate of epilepsy in TGA cohort was 9.629 per 1000 people, which was 6.50-fold more than in th...