Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome in a postpartum woman without eclampsia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1139-1143

  Uwatoko, Takeshi ^a   Toyoda, Kazunori ^a   Hirai, Yuko ^a   Shimada, Toshifumi ^a   Yasumori, Kotaro ^a   Ibayashi, Setsuro ^b   Okada, Yasushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Brain edema; Free radical scavenger; Hypertensive encephalopathy; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NORPHENAZONE; PREDNISOLONE; SCAVENGER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; DELIVERY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECLAMPSIA; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PREECLAMPSIA; PUERPERIUM; REVERSIBLE POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0346252511     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.1139     Document Type: Article

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