Chronic memory impairment after cardiac arrest outside hospital

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7050, 1996, Pages 143-146

  Grubb, Neil R ^a,d   O'Carroll, Ronan ^b   Cobbe, Stuart M ^c   Sirel, Jane ^c   Fox, Keith A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0029990654     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7050.143     Document Type: Article

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