Ischemic stroke presenting as thunderclap headache: Report of two cases and review of the literature

European Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 133-135

  Lopes Azevedo, Luiza ^a   Breder, Raphael ^c   De A Santos, Daniel P ^b   De Freitas, Gabriel R ^a,c  

^a D OR INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IDOR   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO ANTÔNIO PEDRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THALAMUS; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STROKE;

EID: 80051939932     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330675     Document Type: Letter

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