Cerebral Vasospasm and Headache during Sexual Intercourse and Masturbatory Orgasms

Headache

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 244-248

  Valença, Marcelo M ^a,b   Valença, Luciana P A A ^b   Bordini, Carlos A ^b   Farias Da Silva, Wilson ^b   Leite, João P ^b   Antunes Rodrigues, José ^b   Speciali, José G ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coital; Headache; Masturbation; Orgasmic; Thunderclap; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MASTURBATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ORGASM; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

EID: 1842421861     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2004.04054.x     Document Type: Article

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