Postpartum cerebral angiopathy is there a role for sympathomimetic drugs?

Stroke

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 2108-2110

  Raroque, Henry G ^a   Tesfa, Ganana ^a   Purdy, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Sympathomimetics; Vasoconstriction; Women

Indexed keywords

ISOMETHEPTENE; ISOMETHEPTENE MUCATE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SEIZURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLAMINES; PUERPERIUM; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; VASCULAR HEADACHES;

EID: 0027452432     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.24.12.2108     Document Type: Article

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