Transient global amnesia: Disease or syndrome?

Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-214

  Moccia, F ^a   Aramini, A ^a   Montobbio, P ^a   Altomonte, F ^a   Greco, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia ; Epilepsy; Transient global amnesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNESIA; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0030154903     PISSN: 03920461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01995685     Document Type: Article

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