Retinopathy and choroidopathy as the initial signs of hypertensive brainstem encephalopathy

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1784-1786

  Albini, Thomas A ^b   Lakhanpal, Rohit R ^b   Foroozan, Rod ^a   Lopez, George A ^b   McPherson, Alice R ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; METOPROLOL; POTASSIUM; VALSARTAN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA EXUDATE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; CHOROID DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; TETRAZOLES; VALINE;

EID: 33845509862     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.12.1784     Document Type: Article

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