Nitroglycerin-aggravated pre-eclamptic posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES)

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 715-716

  Finsterer, J ^a,b   Schlager, T ^a   Kopsa, W ^a   Wild, E ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL; TACROLIMUS; URAPIDIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECLAMPSIA; EDEMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0042836594     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000080369.87484.06     Document Type: Article

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