Postpartum cerebral angiopathy presenting with non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1269-1271

  Lee, Seo Young ^a   Sheen, Seung Hun ^b   Lee, Seung Hwan ^a   Kim, Sam Soo ^a   Kim, Chung Hyo ^a   Yie, Kil Soo ^a   Kim, Sung Hun ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiopathy; Cerebral; Postpartum; SAH

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CARVEDILOL; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; NIMODIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPESTHESIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTPARTUM CEREBRAL ANGIOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960976939     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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