Single photon emission and cerebral computerized tomographic scan and transcranial Doppler sonographic findings in eclampsia

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1165-1172

  Naidu, K ^a   Moodley, J ^a   Corr, P ^a   Hoffmann, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECLAMPSIA; FLOW RATE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0030883380     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10941.x     Document Type: Article

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