Three paediatric patients with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes

Cephalalgia

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 354-359

  Liu, H Y ^a,b   Fuh, J L ^a,b   Lirng, J F ^a,b   Chen, S P ^a,b   Wang, S J ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Paediatrics; Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes; Thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; GLYCEROL; KETOROLAC; LEVOCETIRIZINE; NICARDIPINE; NIMODIPINE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DEFECATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHONOPHOBIA; RATING SCALE; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP TIME; SNEEZING; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 77956246294     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01955.x     Document Type: Article

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