Postpartum cerebral angiopathy: Atypical features and treatment with intracranial balloon angioplasty

Neuroradiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1022-1026

  Song, J K ^a   Fisher, S ^b   Seifert, T D ^b   Cacayorin, E D ^b   Alexandrov, A V ^b   Malkoff, M D ^b   Grotta, J C ^b   Campbell, M S ^b  

^a Center for Endovascular Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Postpartum angiopathy

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NIMODIPINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SEIZURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 20444488847     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-003-1129-3     Document Type: Article

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