Transient amnesia after perimesencephalic haemorrhage: The role of enlarged temporal horns

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 590-593

  Hop, Jeannette W ^a   Brilstra, Eva H ^a   Kinkel, Gabriel J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Hydrocephalus; Perimesencephalic haemorrhage; Temporal horn

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA;

EID: 0031757789     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.4.590     Document Type: Article

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