The value of CT angiography in patients with acute severe headache

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 164-168

  Alons, I M E ^a   van den Wijngaard, I R ^a   Verheul, R J ^a   Lycklama a Nijeholt G ^a   Wermer, M J H ^b   Algra, A ^b,c   Jellema, K ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute headache; CT angiography; Neuroimaging; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURORADIOLOGIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84938554769     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ane.12302     Document Type: Article

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