Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: Case report

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-298

  Öz, Oǧuzhan ^a   Demirkaya, Şeref ^a   Bek, Semai ^a   Eroǧlu, Erdal ^a   Ulaş, Ümit Hidir ^a   Odabaşi, Zeki ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Digital subtraction angiography; Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CITALOPRAM; DESOGESTREL PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETODOLAC; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BRAIN INFARCTION; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CITALOPRAM; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; ETODOLAC; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PARESIS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 67650556599     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-009-0117-3     Document Type: Article

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