Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome

@article{Ducros2012ReversibleCV,
  title={Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome},
  author={Anne Ducros},
  journal={The Lancet Neurology},
  year={2012},
  volume={11},
  pages={906-917}
}
  • A. Ducros
  • Published 1 October 2012
  • Medicine
  • The Lancet Neurology
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Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome is characterised by severe headaches with or without seizures and focal neurological deficits, and constriction of cerebral arteries which resolves spontaneously in 1–3 months, with no definite effect on the haemorrhagic and ischaemic complications.
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