Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome with acute cortical blindness

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 482-485

  Tung, C F ^a   Peng, Y C ^a   Chen, G H ^a   Chow, W K ^a   Yang, D Y ^a   Hu, W H ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cortical blindness; HELLP syndrome; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELIVERY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEADACHE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROTEINURIA; PUPIL REFLEX; SEIZURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0035664126     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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