Recurrent primary thunderclap headache and benign CNS angiopathy: Spectra of the same disorder?

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2164-2169

  Chen, S P ^a,b,c   Fuh, J L ^a,b   Lirng, J F ^a,b   Chang, F C ^a,b   Wang, S J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Taoyuan Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ANGIOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845954374     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000249115.63436.6d     Document Type: Article

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