Increased incidence of jugular valve insufficiency in patients with transient global amnesia

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1482-1486

  Nedelmann, Max ^a   Eicke, B Martin ^a   Dieterich, Marianne ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Insufficiency; Jugular vein; Transient global amnesia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUGULAR VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN VALVE;

AGED; AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 29144504921     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0894-9     Document Type: Article

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