Eclamptic encephalopathy: Imaging and pathogenetic considerations

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 277-282

  Manfredi, M ^a,c   Beltramello, A ^b   Bongiovanni, L G ^a   Polo, A ^a   Pistoia, L ^a   Rizzuto, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO BORGO ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Electroencephalography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Reversible changes; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECLAMPSIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030782012     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00284.x     Document Type: Article

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