Transient neurological deficits simulating transient ischemic attacks in a patient with meningioma -Case report-

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 661-665

  Ueno, Yasushi ^a   Tanaka, Akira ^a   Nakayama, Yoshiya ^a  

^a Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Meningioma; Occlusion of cerebral arteries; Transient neurological deficit

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SYNCOPE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0031738112     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.661     Document Type: Article

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