Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome: Experience in 3 cases

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1036-1041

  Shimada, Junichi ^a,b   Takeda, Nobuaki ^a   Yamauchi, Shigeto ^a   Urushibara, Toshio ^a   Kawaguchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Ohta General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Misato Junshin General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Hypertensive encephalopathy; MR angiography; Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; REVERSIBLE POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME;

EID: 14544282555     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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