Transient global amnesia may be caused by cerebral vein thrombosis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1142-1149

  Solheim, Ole ^a   Skeidsvoll, Tora ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; D DIMER; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ALTITUDE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN VEIN; CATHETERIZATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; BRAIN; CAUSALITY; CEREBRAL VEINS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMORBIDITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 26444547564     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.05.042     Document Type: Article

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