Lethal pontine hemorrhage in postpartum syndrome of hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, and low platelet count

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1150-1153

  Zeidman, Lawrence A ^a   Videnovic, Aleksandar ^a   Bernstein, Lawrence P ^a,b,c   Pellar, Chimene A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Evanston Northwestern Healthcare ^*  (United States)

^c EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY; NEUROLOGY; PONS; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RESPIRATORY ARREST; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; BRAIN STEM; HELLP SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 22844436347     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.7.1150     Document Type: Article

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