Case Report Reversible vasoconstriction without thunderclap headache: a case report
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Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome is a kind of clinicoradiological syndrome reported recently. It is characterized as thunderclap headache and reversible vasoconstriction. However, headache is sometimes absent when reversible vasoconstriction happens. We report a case here admitted because of watershed infarction caused by reversible vasoconstriction without headache when happened in a coal house with poor ventilation in a cold season.
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