Severe reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome mimicking aneurysmal rupture and vasospasm

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-85

  Nickele, Christopher ^a   Muro, Kenji ^a   Getch, Christopher C ^a   Walker, Matthew T ^a   Bernstein, Richard A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Call Fleming Syndrome; Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 36949033152     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-007-0001-4     Document Type: Article

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