Severe Preeclampsia/Eclampsia: Hypertensive encephalopathy of pregnancy?

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-58

  Easton, J Donald ^a   Mas, Jean Louis ^b   Lamy, C ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0031984685     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015818     Document Type: Review

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