Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome and subarachnoid hemorrhage; which occurs first?

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-

  Zhang, Hongliang ^a   Wang, Xiaoke ^b   Li, Xiaozhen ^c   Wu, Jiang ^a  

^a THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LETTER; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 84855208885     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.5980     Document Type: Letter

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