Recovery of decreased local cerebral blood flow detected by the xenon/CT CBF method in a patient with eclampsia

Keio Journal of Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Yamaguchi, Keiji ^a   Fukuuchi, Yasuo ^a   Nogawa, Shigeru ^a   Dembo, Tomohisa ^a   Tomita, Yutaka ^a   Tanaka, Kortaro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical blindness; Vasoconstriction; Xenon CT CBF measurement

Indexed keywords

XENON;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; XENON;

EID: 0034037892     PISSN: 00229717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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