Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage: A case series

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 272-278

  Ansari, Sameer A ^a   Rath, Tanya J ^b   Gandhi, Dheeraj ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; NIMODIPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OXYCODONE; STEROID; VERAPAMIL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYDROME; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYNDROME; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 80051733058     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnis.2010.004242     Document Type: Article

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