Transient global amnesia: Hippocampal magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities

Functional Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 149-152

  Alberici, Elisa ^a   Pichiecchio, Anna ^a   Caverzasi, Eduardo ^a   Farina, Lisa Maria ^a   Persico, Alessandra ^a   Cavallini, Anna ^a   Bastianello, Stefano ^a,b  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance; Transient global amnesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA;

AGED; AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58649116873     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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