Amnesia after anterior communicating artery aneurysm rupture

Neurology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1984, Pages 752-757

  Alexander, Michael P ^a,b   Freedman, Morris ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY ANEURYSM; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; THERAPY;

ADULT; AMNESIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0021247458     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.34.6.752     Document Type: Article

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