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Reversible cerebral angiopathy

Efficacy of nimodipine

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Reversible cerebral angiopathy (RCA) is responsible for disabling headache and potential stroke complications. Most patients respond poorly to analgesics. We describe four patients with typical RCA whose headache rapidly disappeared after IV nimodipine treatment was initiated.

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  1. Service de Neurologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Descartes, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, 1 rue Cabanis, 75674, Paris Cedex 14, France

    Mathieu Zuber MD, Emmanuel Touzé MD, Valérie Domigo MD, Catherine Lamy MD & Jean-Louis Mas MD

  2. Dept. of Radiology, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Descartes, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris, France

    Denis Trystram MD

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Received in revised form: 10 April 2006

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Zuber, M., Touzé, E., Domigo, V. et al. Reversible cerebral angiopathy. J Neurol 253, 1585–1588 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-006-0269-x

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