A case of postpartum cerebral angiitis and review of the literature

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 663-668

  Bakhru, Arvind ^a,b,c   Atlas, Robert O ^a,c  

^a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral angiitis; Hypertension; Postpartum headache; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CREATININE; ETIRACETAM; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METADRENALIN; METHYLERGOMETRINE MALEATE; NIFEDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; OXYTOCIN; STEROID; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; LETHARGY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTPARTUM CEREBRAL ANGIITIS; PREECLAMPSIA; SCOTOMA; SEIZURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE ATONY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NIMODIPINE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 79951726414     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1471-8     Document Type: Article

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