Weather conditions and transient global amnesia: A six-year study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-198

  Akkawi, Nabil Maalikjy ^a   Agosti, C ^a   Grassi, M ^b   Borroni, B ^a   Pezzini, A ^a   Vignolo, L A ^a   Padovani, A ^a  

^a Dept of Neurology ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Transient global amnesia; Weather conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; WEATHER;

AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEATHER;

EID: 32844456562     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0952-3     Document Type: Article

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