Cortical blindness due to reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome in a patient with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and preeclampsia

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1885-1887

  Soltes, Lenka ^a   Schmalfuss, Ilona M ^a   Bhatti, M Tariq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HYDRALAZINE; IRON; LABETALOL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRON THERAPY; LABOR INDUCTION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; URINE VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 10044277943     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.12.1885     Document Type: Article

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