Diffusion MRI in pure transient global amnesia associated with bilateral vertebral artery dissection

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 264-266

  Michel, D ^a,b   Garnier, P ^a   Schneider, F ^a   Poujois, A ^a   Barral, F G ^a   Thomas Anterion C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 1942531425     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076964     Document Type: Article

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