Cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Singhal, Aneesh B ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiopathy; Call Fleming syndrome; Cerebral vasoconstriction; Stroke; Vasculitis; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ERGOT ALKALOID; MAGNESIUM; NIMODIPINE; STEROID; SUMATRIPTAN; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

BENIGN ANGIOPATHY OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CALL FLEMING SYNDROME; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIGRAINE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTPARTUM ANGIOPATHY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STROKE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 2542419308     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/ATK7-QTP7-7NE2-5G8X     Document Type: Review

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