Temporal changes of diffusion-weighted MR images in a patient with transient global amnesia

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 991-995

  Matsui, Yusuke ^a   Saiki, Hidemoto ^a   Tomimoto, Hidekazu ^a   Takahashi, Ryosuke ^a   Milki, Yukio ^a   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted image; Hippocampus; MRI; Transient global amnesia; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MICROANGIOPATHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA;

AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 28844474539     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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