Licorice-associated reversible cerebral vasoconstriction with PRES

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 1939-1941

  Chatterjee, N ^a   Domoto Reilly, K ^a,b   Fecci, P E ^a   Schwamm, L H ^a   Singhal, A B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METADRENALIN; NIMODIPINE; RENIN; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPERTENSION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; URINALYSIS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 78650004216     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181feb299     Document Type: Article

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