A tiny hippocampal ischemic lesion associated with transient global amnesia

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 439-442

  Jeong, Yong ^a   Kim, Gyeong Moon ^a   Song, Young Min ^a   Na, Duk L ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GOUT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMOKING; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; VASOSPASM; VENOUS PRESSURE; VERTIGO;

AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0141676221     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072572     Document Type: Article

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