Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in children with cancer

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-159

  Morris, E Brannon ^a   Laningham, Fred H ^a   Sandlund, John T ^a   Khan, Raja B ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Hypertension; Induction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatrics; Seizure; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ASPARAGINASE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FIBRINOGEN; LABETALOL; METHOTREXATE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYTOIN; RETINOIC ACID; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TOPIRAMATE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; DRUG RECHALLENGE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STEROID THERAPY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SEIZURES; SYNDROME;

EID: 33845624694     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20703     Document Type: Article

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