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Acute Korsakoff-Like Amnestic Syndrome Resulting from Left Thalamic Infarction Following a Right Hippocampal Hemorrhage

R. Rahme, R. Moussa, A. Awada, I. Ibrahim, Y. Ali, J. Maarrawi, T. Rizk, G. Nohra, N. Okais and E. Samaha
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