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Hi. I need help with a research on amnesia, and i'll be glad if you could help me out. My question is. Can a patient suffer from retrograde amnesia after being a victim of an accident that leaves them in coma for two years? What I mean is if a patient is a victim of a severe accident that affected a part of their brain and left them in coma for two years, can they suffer from retrograde amnesia when they wake up from coma?
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Yes it is possible after accident and coma will be suffer from retrograde amnesia.
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Yes it is possible. If the head injury is probably on the frontal region of brain where there are memory and cognition centres then it may lead to all kinds of amnesias. Getting up from coma always doesn't mean that there will amnesia. It all depends upon the location of the brain which is injured.
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