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1: Headache. 2000 Apr;40(4):324-7.Click here to read Links

Transient global amnesia, migraine, thalamic infarct, dihydroergotamine, and sumatriptan.

Pradalier A, Lutz G, Vincent D.

Service de M¿edecine Interne IV-Centre Migraine et C¿ephal¿ees, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Colombes, France.

This case report describes an episode of transient global amnesia that occurred during a migraine attack, which had been treated with vasoconstrictors. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a small lesion with an ischemic appearance in the right thalamus.

PMID: 10759939 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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