Transient global amnesia: Increasing evidence of a venous etiology

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1334-1336

  González, Manuel Menéndez ^a   Rivera, Marta Martínez ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL MONTE NARANCO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

AMNESIA; APLASIA; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY; THROMBOSIS; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 33748606614     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.9.1334     Document Type: Short Survey

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