24th August 2020

A 45-year-old man known to the emergency department for a history of alcohol abuse presents with anterograde and retrograde amnesia

A 45-year-old man known to the emergency department for a history of alcohol abuse presents with anterograde and retrograde amnesia. He has a flat, apathetic affect and has minimal insight into his mental state. Collateral obtained from a shelter he is domiciled in reveals his memory issues have been present for some months now.

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