Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 396-402

  Magnano, Molly D ^a   Bush, Thomas M ^b   Herrera, Ivonne ^c   Altman, Roy D ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of California ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral edema; hypertensive encephalopathy; systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DNA ANTIBODY; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VISUAL DISORDER; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33744816207     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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