Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome with posterior leucoencephalopathy after oral contraceptive pills

Cephalalgia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-45

  Soo, Y ^a   Singhal, A B ^b   Leung, T ^a   Yu, S ^c   Mak, H ^c   Hao, Q ^a   Leung, H ^a   Lam, W ^c   Wong, L K S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Posterior leucoencephalopathy; Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHIROPRACTIC; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OSTEOPHYTE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 77956233613     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01868.x     Document Type: Article

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