Can seizures be the only manifestation of transient ischemic attacks? A report of four cases

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 303-306

  Ferracci, F ^a   Moretto, G ^a   Gentile, M ^a   Kuo, P ^b   Carnevale, A ^a  

^a Belluno General Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Epilepsy; Transietnt brain attact

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0034304999     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720070067     Document Type: Article

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