Transient global amnesia: A brief review and update

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 578-582

  Kirshner, Howard S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Memory loss; TIA; Transient amnesia; Transient global amnesia; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; TRIAZOLAM; ZOLPIDEM; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; VENOUS STASIS;

AGED; AMNESIA; AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 81155133746     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-011-0224-9     Document Type: Review

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