Reversible encephalopathy complicating post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-87

  Fux, Christoph A ^a   Bianchetti, Mario G ^b   Jakob, Stephan M ^b   Remonda, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic edema; Magnetic resonance imaging; Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy; Vasogenic edema

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN EDEMA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33644844528     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000195614.66987.2f     Document Type: Article

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