Hypertensive brainstem encephalopathy

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Seet, Raymond C S ^a   Lim, Erle C H ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FLUID THERAPY; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; PAPILLEDEMA; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETINOSCOPY; VASODILATATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, MALIGNANT; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; NITROGLYCERIN; PAPILLEDEMA; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; RETINOSCOPY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASODILATION;

EID: 33947610409     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.653618     Document Type: Article

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