Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome and Raynaud’s Phenomenon: Is There a Link between the Pathogeneses of Their Underlying Complex Etiology? A Case Report and Literature Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Case Presentation
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Author | Patient Gender | Ethnicity | Age at Presentation | Rheumatic Disease Association | Journal | Year of Publication | Ref. |
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Liu et al. | Female | African | 44 years | Systemic sclerosis | Cureus | 2022 | [14] |
Etemadifar et al. | Female | Not stated | 35 years | Systemic sclerosis | Case Reports in Immunology | 2022 | [15] |
Chung et al. | Female | Not stated | 35 years | systemic lupus erythematosus | Lupus | 2019 | [5] |
Ashraf et al. | Female | Not stated | 42 years | systemic lupus erythematosus | Neurology India | 2012 | [16] |
Sayegh et al. | Female | Not stated | 40 years | systemic lupus erythematosus | Rheumatology | 2010 | [1] |
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Alenzi, F.; D’Cruz, D.P. Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome and Raynaud’s Phenomenon: Is There a Link between the Pathogeneses of Their Underlying Complex Etiology? A Case Report and Literature Review. Diagnostics 2023, 13, 2951. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182951
Alenzi F, D’Cruz DP. Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome and Raynaud’s Phenomenon: Is There a Link between the Pathogeneses of Their Underlying Complex Etiology? A Case Report and Literature Review. Diagnostics. 2023; 13(18):2951. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182951
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlenzi, Fahidah, and David P D’Cruz. 2023. "Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome and Raynaud’s Phenomenon: Is There a Link between the Pathogeneses of Their Underlying Complex Etiology? A Case Report and Literature Review" Diagnostics 13, no. 18: 2951. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182951