Postpartum cerebral angiopathy - A case report. The vasculopathy associated with co-administration of two vasoconstrictives, methylergometrine maleate and sumatriptan

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 96-101

  Sato, Shoichiro ^a   Shimizu, Masaru ^a   Endo, Kazuhiro ^a   Homma, Mari ^a   Yamamoto, Teiji ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Methylergometrine maleate; Postpartum cerebral angiopathy; Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy; Sumatriptan

Indexed keywords

METHYLERGOMETRINE MALEATE; SUMATRIPTAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PREGNANCY TOXEMIA; PUERPERIUM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHYLERGONOVINE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SUMATRIPTAN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 3042714188     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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