Isolated thunderclap headache during sex: Orgasmic headache or reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome?

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1349-1351

  Hu, Chih Ming ^a   Lin, Ya Ju ^a   Fan, Yang Kai ^a   Chen, Shih Pin ^b,c   Lai, Tzu Hsien ^b,c,d  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ecstasy; Orgasmic headache; Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes; Thunderclap headache; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 77955652760     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.01.052     Document Type: Article

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