Transient global amnesia - A review

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 939-942

  Shekhar, R ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIRIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VENOUS CONGESTION;

AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 43749105584     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2007.01564.x     Document Type: Review

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