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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 67:102-105 doi:10.1136/jnnp.67.1.102
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Retrograde temporal order amnesia resulting from damage to the fornix

Neuropsychological test results

Patient’s scores
General intelligence
 RCPM 3 /36
 WAIS-R (v-IQ/p-IQ/f-IQ) 96/87/91
 Token test9 99% correct
Frontal function
 WCST(category achieved) 5
 Stroop test (interference)10 42 per 45 seconds
 Word fluency11 13 per minutes
Memory
 Digit span
  forward 7
  backward 4
 RAVLT-R
  Trials 1–5 3, 7, 7, 6, 8
  Postinterference 4
  30 minutes delayed recall 3
  30 minutes delayed recognition 15
 Benton visual reproduction (trial A)12 7
 WMS-R
  General memory index 79
  Verbal memory index 67
  Visual memory index 112
  Attention/concentration index 102
  Delayed index 62
  Logical memory raw scores
   Immediate 10 (20 percentile)
   Delayed 0 (0 percentile)
  Visual reproductions raw scores
   Immediate 37 (90 percentile)
   Delayed 15 (37 percentile)
  • RCPM=Raven’s coloured progressive matrices13; WAIS-R=Wechsler adult intelligence scale revised14; WCST=Wisconsin card sorting test15; RAVLT-R=Rey auditory verbal learning test revised16; WMS-R=Wechsler memory scale revised.17

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