Clinical and pathophysiological features of amaurosis fugax in Japanese stroke patients

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 118-122

  Terao, Shin Ichi ^d   Takeda, Akio ^a   Miura, Naofumi ^d   Izumi, Masayuki ^d   Ito, Eiichi ^b   Mitsuma, Terunori ^d   Sobue, Gen ^c  

^a CHUBU NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Higashi Nagoya National Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Ophthalmic artery; Thromboembolism; Transient cerebral ischemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMAUROSIS FUGAX; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0034137594     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.118     Document Type: Article

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