Recurrent thunderclap headaches and multilobar intracerebral haemorrhages: Two cases of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS): Brief report

Cephalalgia

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 791-795

  Wong, S H ^a   Dougan, C ^a   Chatterjee, K ^b   Fletcher, N A ^a   White, R P ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Call Fleming syndrome; Cerebral venous thrombosis; Intracranial haemorrhage; Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome; Thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIMODIPINE; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 66749163480     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01805.x     Document Type: Article

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