Spontaneous posterior fossa hemorrhage associated with low-molecular weight heparin in an adolescent recently diagnosed with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: Case report and review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1487-1491

  Machinis, Theofilos G ^a   Fountas, Kostas N ^a   Dimopoulos, Vassilios G ^a   Troup, Christopher E ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Heparin; Low molecular weight; Magnetic resonance imaging; Posterior fossa; PRES; Reversible encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROTAMINE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRANIECTOMY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPALOPATHY SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750466855     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0155-y     Document Type: Article

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