Reversible posterior leucoencephalopathy syndrome: A case report and review of its physiopathology based on neuroradiological findings;Leucoencefalopatía posterior reversible: Descripción de un caso y revisión de la fisiopatología basada en hallazgos neurorradiológicos

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 541-544

  Alurralde, A M ^a   Di Egidio, M ^a   Saizar, R ^a   Consalvo, D ^a   Villa, Andrés María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Cerebral ischemia; Cytotoxic edema; Magnetic resonance imaging; Reversible posterior leucoencephalopathy syndrome; Vasogenic edema

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN WATER; CASE REPORT; CYTOTOXICITY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVERSIBLE POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; REVIEW; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; EDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

EID: 2142828654     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3806.2003147     Document Type: Review

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