Magnetic resonance imaging in transient global amnesia: Lessons learned from 198 cases

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 335-340

  Scheel, M ^a   Malkowsky, C ^a   Klingebiel, R ^a   Schreiber, S J ^a   Bohner, G ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Hippocampus; Ischemic attacks; Retrospective studies; Transient global amnesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA;

AGED; AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875873463     PISSN: 18691439     EISSN: 18691447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-012-0140-7     Document Type: Article

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