Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: A variant of hypertensive encephalopathy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 590-595

  Mirza, Ayoub ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; HYDRALAZINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LABETALOL; LISINOPRIL; MERCAPTOPURINE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, MALIGNANT; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; SYNDROME;

EID: 33744944823     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.03.042     Document Type: Article

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