Intra-arterial application of nimodipine in reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: A diagnostic tool in select cases?

Cephalalgia

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1074-1081

  Linn, J ^a   Fesl, G ^a   Ottomeyer, C ^a   Straube, A ^a   Dichgans, M ^a   Bruckmann, H ^a   Pfefferkorn, T ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

nimodipine; PACNS; RCVS; Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIMODIPINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 79960741949     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102410394673     Document Type: Article

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