Thunderclap headache

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Dilli, Esma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aneurysm reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome; Arterial dissection; Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; Colloid cyst; Pituitary apoplexy; Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy; Sentinel headache; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NIFEDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; VERAPAMIL;

ARTERY DISSECTION; BED REST; BLOOD PATCH; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLLOID CYST; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; RETROCLIVAL HEMATOMA; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE; PRIMARY HEADACHE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS;

EID: 84897408997     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-014-0437-9     Document Type: Review

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