Reversible posterior encephalopathy syndrome: Case report;Sindrome de encefalopatia posterior reversível: Relato de caso

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 60, Issue 3 A, 2002, Pages 651-655

  Fernandes, Francine Judith Freitas ^a   Da Costa Machado Jr , Marcos Alberto ^a,b   Pedreira, Adriana Vieira ^a   Silva, Cleonice Isabela S ^a   Tavares, Heleno Cabral ^a   Barbosa, Verônica Aline ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SÃO RAFAEL   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hypertensive encephalopathy; Neuroradiology; Reversible posterior encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYNDROME;

BRAIN EDEMA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, MALIGNANT; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

EID: 0347607226     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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