Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: An under-recognized clinical emergency

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 161-171

  Chen, Shih Pin ^a   Fuh, Jong Ling ^a   Wang, Shuu Jiun ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome; thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NICARDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; VERAPAMIL;

ARTERY DISSECTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECLAMPSIA; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTPARTUM ANGIOPATHY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; PUERPERAL DISORDER; RELAPSE; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TACHYCARDIA; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE;

EID: 77953459348     PISSN: 17562856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756285610361795     Document Type: Review

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