Transient global amnesia: A retrospective study of 25 patients

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 140-145

  Pai, Ming Chyi ^a   Yang, Sun Sang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Stroke; Transient global amnesia; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; RATING SCALE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032906545     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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