Intracerebral hemorrhage in a young woman with arteriovenous malformation after taking diet control pills containing phenylpropanolamine: A case report

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 432-435

  Chung, Yu Ting ^a   Hung, Dong Zong ^a   Hsu, Chung Ping ^a   Yang, Dar Yu ^a   Wu, Tain Cheng ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Phenylpropanolamine

Indexed keywords

PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN;

ADULT; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031927776     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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