Transient global amnesia - Not so rare after all

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 139, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 288-292

  Berli, Reto ^a   Hutter, Andrea ^a   Waespe, Walter ^b   Bachli, Esther B ^a  

^a Spital Uster   (Switzerland)

^b Zollikerberg Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emergency department; General hospital; Prevalence; Transient global amnesia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650070434     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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