The aetiology of transient global amnesia: A case-control STUDY of 114 CASES with PROSPECTIVE follow-up

Brain

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 639-657

  Hodges, John R ^a   Warlow, Charles P ^b  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNESIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0025311553     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/113.3.639     Document Type: Article

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