Posterior reversible encephalopathy in infancy;Encefalopatía posterior reversible en la infancia

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 506-510

  Arroyo, Hugo A ^a,b   Ganez L A ^a   Fejerman, N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^b Hospital de Pediatricá SAMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Encephalopathy; Leukoencephalopathy; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

EID: 0242486422     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3706.2003116     Document Type: Article

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