Postpartum cerebellar infarction and haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet (HELLP) syndrome

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-42

  Altamura, C ^a   Vasapollo, B ^b,c   Tibuzzi, F ^b   Novelli, G P ^b   Valensise, H ^b,c   Rossini, P M ^a,b   Vernieri, Fabrizio ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b SAN GIOVANNI CALIBITA FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellar; HELLP; Pregnancy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTITHROMBIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; ENOXAPARIN; FUROSEMIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MANNITOL; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN C; PROTHROMBIN; THEOPHYLLINE; VITRONECTIN;

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOMETRY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NULLIPARA; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTHROMBIN; RISK FACTORS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 19444380794     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-005-0380-2     Document Type: Article

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