Pooled analysis of patients with thunderclap headache evaluated by CT and LP: Is angiography necessary in patients with negative evaluations?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 123-125

  Savitz, Sean I ^a,b,c,d   Levitan, Emily B ^a,b,c,d   Wears, Robert ^a,b,c,d   Edlow, Jonathan A ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Headache; Imaging; Lumbar puncture; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149171933     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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