Familial transient global amnesia

Case Reports in Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 236-239

  Davies, R Rhys ^a   Larner, A J ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Familial occurrence; Migraine; Transient global amnesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA;

EID: 84873117597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1662680X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346003     Document Type: Article

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