Impaired cerebral glucose metabolism in eclampsia: A new finding in two cases

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-46

  Zunker, Peter ^a,b   Georgiadis, Alex L ^a   Czech, Norbert ^a   Golombeck, Kirstin ^a   Brossmann, Joachim ^a   Deuschl, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Ita Wegmann Clinic   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebral glucose metabolism; Cerebral perfusion; Eclampsia; Hypertensive encephalopathy; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; DIHYDRALAZINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; MAGNESIUM; METHYLDOPA; METOPROLOL; NIMODIPINE; URAPIDIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLEEDING; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VASOSPASM;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0037261641     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066383     Document Type: Article

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