Recurrent Thunderclap Headache Associated with Reversible Vasospasm Causing Stroke

Cephalalgia

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 78-79

  Garg, R ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE; SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 85006922911     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2001.00171.x     Document Type: Letter

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