Amnestic syndrome of the subcallosal artery: A novel infarct syndrome

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 410-414

  Moussouttas, Michael ^a,b   Giacino, Joseph ^a   Papamitsakis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 21344450745     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086104     Document Type: Article

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