Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome presenting as subarachnoid hemorrhage, reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy, and cerebral infarction

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1227-1233

  Noda, Kazuyuki ^a   Fukae, Jiro ^b   Fujishima, Kenji ^a   Mori, Kentaro ^a   Urabe, Takao ^b   Hattori, Nobutaka ^b   Okuma, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Call fleming syndrome; Cerebral infarction; Cortical subarachnoid hemorrhage; Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANGIOGRAPHY; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 79958051238     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4812     Document Type: Article

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