Fahr's disease detected on a head CT scan in patient with "epileptic syncope" in the Emergency Department

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-265

  Sentimentale, Alberto ^a   Matteoli, Marco ^a   Giovannelli, Morena ^a   de Dominicis, Chiara ^a   Corsino, Massimiliano ^a   Ferri, Enrico ^a   Di Somma, Salvatore ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPILEPSY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNCOPE;

BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953538547     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-009-0341-5     Document Type: Letter

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