Hypertensive encephalopathy with prominent bulbar presentation

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 210-212

  Willey, Joshua Z ^a   Claassen, Jan ^a   Liberato, Bernardo ^a   Prabhakaran, Shyam ^a  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SMOKING; VISUAL DISORDER; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN STEM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA;

EID: 33645798119     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090794     Document Type: Article

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