A case of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome with cerebral vasoconstriction

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 355-358

  Koga, Yuko ^a   Isobe, Noriko ^a   Tateishi, Takahisa ^a   Osoegawa, Manabu ^a   Ohyagi, Yasumasa ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral vasoconstriction; Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA); Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES); Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS); Thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCEROL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MAGNESIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARALYSIS; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SEIZURE; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE; VASOCONSTRICTION; WHITE MATTER; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN VASOSPASM; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEADACHE; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 48049086809     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.48.355     Document Type: Article

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