Transient global amnesia: The continuing quest for a source

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1336-1338

  Bettermann, Kerstin ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SEIZURE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VENOUS STASIS;

AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; HUMANS;

EID: 33748633787     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.9.1336     Document Type: Short Survey

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