Hypertensive brainstem encephalopathy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1131-1134

  Yasuda, Yuzuru ^a   Akiguchi, Ichiro ^a   Imai, Tadahiko ^b   Sonobe, Masanobu ^c   Kage, Makoto ^b  

^a Center for Cerebrovascular Disease   (Japan)

^b OTSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Edema; Hypertension; Hypertensive encephalopathy; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; AMOSULALOL; NICARDIPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0347513389     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.1131     Document Type: Article

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