Neuroimaging of delayed eclampsia: Report of 3 cases and review of the literature

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 699-713

  Bartynski, Walter S ^a,b   Sanghvi, Amit ^a,b  

^a WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral vasospasm; Eclampsia; Pre eclampsia; Watershed cerebral edema

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING;

CEREBRAL EDEMA; CEREBRAL VASOSPASM; ECLAMPSIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; WATERSHED CEREBRAL EDEMA;

ANGIOGRAPHY;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0041885101     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200309000-00007     Document Type: Article

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