Postpartum focal neurologic deficits: Posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-166

  Pizon, Anthony F ^a   Wolfson, Allan B ^b  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Hypertensive encephalopathy; MRI; Posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECLAMPSIA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; MENINGITIS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144444849     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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