Three sisters covering the transient global amnesia spectrum [2]

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 987-989

  Agosti, Chiara ^a   Borroni, Barbara ^a   Akkawi, Nabil ^a   Padovani, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; LETTER; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPERATURE; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 34548079778     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610207005637     Document Type: Letter

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