Transient global amnesia after sildenafil (Viagra) use

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 778-

  Savitz, Sean A ^a   Caplan, Louis R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG USE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 0037056370     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.5.778     Document Type: Article

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