Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes

Uncommon Causes of Stroke, 2nd Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 505-514

  Singhal, Aneesh B ^a   Koroshetz, Walter J ^b   Caplan, Louis R ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544897.068     Document Type: Chapter

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