Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-210

  Edlow, Brian L ^a   Kasner, Scott E ^a   Hurst, Robert W ^a   Weigele, John B ^a   Levine, Joshua M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign angiopathy of the central nervous system; Call Fleming syndrome; Postpartum cerebral angiopathy; Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MAGNESIUM; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; NIFEDIPINE; PHENYTOIN; SUMATRIPTAN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; SEIZURE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYNDROME; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 36949012963     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-007-0058-0     Document Type: Article

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