Cortical blindness in a boy with acute glomerulonephritis

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-54

  Yang, Min Hsien ^a   Sheu, Ji Nan ^a   Wang, Shuoh Jyh ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blindness cortical; Glomerulonephritis; Hypertensive encephalopathy; Infection; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; FUROSEMIDE;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OLIGURIA; PREVENTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; CHILD; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0038475958     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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