Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome in a 35-year-old woman following hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Moussavi, Mohammad ^a   Korya, Daniel ^b   Panezai, Spozhmy ^a   Peeraully, Tasneem ^a   Gizzi, Martin ^c   Kirmani, Jawad F ^a  

^a New Jersey Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LABORATORY TEST; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; OVARIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYNDROME; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 84870883474     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010122     Document Type: Article

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