Bromocriptine and postpartum cerebral angiopathy: A causal relationship?

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1754-1756

  Comabella, M ^a   Alvarez Sabin, J ^a   Rovira, A ^a   Codina, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LACTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SPEECH DISORDER; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030013812     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.6.1754     Document Type: Article

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