Postpartum angiopathy and other cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-97

  Singhal, Aneesh B ^a   Bernstein, Richard A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign angiopathy of the CNS; Call fleming syndrome; Cerebral angiography; Cerebral ischemia; Cerebral vasospasm; Headache; Migraine; Postpartum angiopathy; Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; GADOLINIUM; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SYNDROME; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 24644507862     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/Neurocrit.Care2005;3:91-97     Document Type: Review

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