Call-Fleming syndrome and orgasmic cephalgia

Headache

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 967-971

  Keyrouz, Salah ^a   Dhar, Rajat ^b   Axelrod, Yekaterina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Call Fleming syndrome; Orgasm; Reversible cerebral segmental vasoconstriction; Thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CALL FLEMING SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; ORGASMIC CEPHALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHINE; ORGASM; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYNDROME; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 44849141717     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01144.x     Document Type: Article

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