Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: Current and future perspectives

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1265-1276

  Chen, Shih Pin ^a,b   Fuh, Jong Ling ^a,b   Wang, Shuu Jiun ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes; thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NICARDIPINE; NIMODIPINE;

BRAIN VASOSPASM; CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 80052225271     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.11.112     Document Type: Review

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