Transient global amnesia: Look at mechanisms not causes

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1338-1339

  Roach, E S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA;

AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 33748609362     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.9.1338     Document Type: Short Survey

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