Reversible angiopathy and encephalopathy after blood transfusion [9]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 116-118

  Boughammoura, Amel ^a   Touzé, Emmanuel ^a   Oppenheim, Catherine ^a   Trystram, Denis ^a   Mas, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYAMEMAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYZINE; KETAMINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SUFENTANIL CITRATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANEMIA; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0037273993     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-0940-4     Document Type: Letter

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