Loss of Recent Memory After Bilateral Hippocampal Lesions

Overview

Journal J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry

Publisher BMJ Publishing Group

Specialties Neurology
Neurosurgery
Psychiatry

Date 1957 Feb 1

PMID 13406589

Citations 1644

Authors

W B SCOVILLE

B Milner

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