Cortical blindness: Clinical and radiologic findings in reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome - Case report and review of the literature

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Kahana, Alon ^a   Rowley, Howard A ^a   Weinstein, Joel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; REVERSIBLE POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 13444254039     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.07.036     Document Type: Article

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