Thunderclap headache attributed to reversible cerebral vasoconstriction: View and review

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 277-288

  Valença, Marcelo M ^a,b   Andrade Valença, Luciana P A ^c   Bordini, Carlos A ^d   Speciali, José Geraldo ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Esperança Recife   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Criteria; Headache; Pathophysiology; Stroke; Thunderclap headache; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CLONIDINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHYLERGOMETRINE; PENICILLIN G; PROPRANOLOL; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ASTHMA; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN VASCULITIS; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDLINE; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; ONSET AGE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SNEEZING; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASOCONSTRICTION; VOMITING;

EID: 51849158178     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-008-0054-6     Document Type: Review

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