Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-234

  Bernstein, Richard A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BROMOCRIPTINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXFENFLURAMINE; ERGOTAMINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISOMETHEPTENE; LYSERGIDE; NICARDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; OPIATE; PHENTERMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PHENYTOIN; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; SUMATRIPTAN; TACROLIMUS; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; SEIZURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33646816769     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-006-0016-8     Document Type: Article

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