Hypertensive brainstem encephalopathy without parieto-occipital lesion - Two case reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-79

  Doi, Yoshimitsu ^a   Kimura, Fumiharu ^a   Fujiyama, Tohru ^a   Fujimura, Chieko ^a   Nishina, Takuya ^a   Sato, Toshihiko ^a   Hosokawa, Takafumi ^a   Uehara, Hideaki ^a   Ishida, Simon ^a   Hanafusa, Toshiaki ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem swelling; Crescentic glomerulonephritis; Malignant hypertension; Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; CANDESARTAN HEXETIL; GLYCEROL; METHYLPREDONINE; NICARDIPINE; NIFEDIPINE; NILVADIPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PONS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PAPILLEDEMA; PARIETAL LOBE; PONS; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 33644700292     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.46.75     Document Type: Review

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