Amnesia following damage to the mammillary bodies

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 160-165

  Tanaka, Yasufumi ^a   Miyazawa, Yasuharu ^a   Akaoka, Fumiko ^a   Yamada, Takeshi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031023783     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.1.160     Document Type: Article

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