Postpartum headache due to spontaneous cervical artery dissection

Headache

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 809-813

  Borelli, Paolo ^a,b   Baldacci, Filippo ^a   Nuti, Angelo ^a,b   Lucetti, Claudio ^a,b   Berti, Caterina ^a,b   Logi, Chiara ^a,b   Orlandi, Giovanni ^a   Bonuccelli, Ubaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Viareggio   (Italy)

Author keywords

headache; postpartum; spontaneous cervical artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARDIOASPIRIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; PARACETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTPARTUM HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ASPIRIN; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 79955421690     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.01881.x     Document Type: Article

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