Intra-arterial nimodipine in progressive postpartum cerebral angiopathy

Cephalalgia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-282

  Klein, M ^a,b   Fesl, G ^a   Pfister, H W ^a   Straube, A ^a   Bruckmann H ^a   Hoffmann, L A ^a   Pfefferkorn, T ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; POSTPARTUM CEREBRAL ANGIOPATHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NIMODIPINE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 58749097229     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01728.x     Document Type: Letter

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