Cortical blindness, a rare complication of pre-eclampsia

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-297

  Llovera, Ingrid ^a,b   Roit, Zhanna ^a   Johnson, Ashley ^a   Sherman, Lorne ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical blindness; Eclampsia; Emergency; HELLP syndrome; Pre eclampsia; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

LABETALOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 25644441834     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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