Syncope causes transient focal neurological symptoms

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 711-718

  Ryan, D J ^a   Harbison, J A ^a   Meaney, J F ^b   Rice, C P ^a   King Kallimanis, B ^a   Kenny, R A ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; MIDODRINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PACING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; TRANSIENT FOCAL NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SYNCOPE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; SYNCOPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941651403     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv005     Document Type: Article

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