Transient global amnesia: Seven years of experience with diffusion-weighted imaging in an emergency department

European Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 123-128

  Ahn, Shin ^a   Kim, Won ^a   Lee, Yoon Seon ^a   Kim, Won Young ^a   Lee, Jae Ho ^a   Oh, Bum Jin ^a   Lim, Kyoung Soo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Transient global amnesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS LESION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA;

AGED; AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE MORAL JUDGMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79851515541     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324154     Document Type: Article

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