Postpartum cerebral angiopathy: Vasospasm, vasculitis or both?

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 340-341

  Calado, Sofia ^a   Vale Santos, José ^a,b   Lima, Carlos ^a   Viana Baptista, Miguel ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DETERIORATION; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; MENINGEAL BIOPSY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTPARTUM CEREBRAL ANGIOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SYNDROME; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 10844252905     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080976     Document Type: Article

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