Acute Korsakoff-like amnestic syndrome resulting from left thalamic infarction following a right hippocampal hemorrhage

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 759-760

  Rahme, Ralph ^a   Moussa, R ^a   Awada, A ^a   Ibrahim, I ^a   Ali, Y ^a   Maarrawi, J ^a   Rizk, T ^a   Nohra, G ^a   Okais, N ^a   Samaha, E ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF LIKE AMNESTIC SYNDROME; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THALAMIC DISEASES; THALAMUS;

EID: 34247195699     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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