Clinical features, imaging findings and outcomes of headache associated with sexual activity

Cephalalgia

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1329-1335

  Yeh, Yen Chi ^a   Fuh, Jong Ling ^a   Chen, Shih Pin ^a   Wang, Shuu Jiun ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

orgasmic headache; reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome; sexual headache; thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEADACHE ASSOCIATED WITH SEXUAL ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; SEX RATIO; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79751469515     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102410364675     Document Type: Article

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