MRI changes in thrombotic microangiopathy secondary to malignant hypertension

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-180

  Garewal, Mandeep ^a   Yahya, Sofia ^a   Ward, Christopher ^a   Singh, Niranjan ^a   Cruz Flores, Salvador ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; MRI; Thrombotic microangiopathy

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING;

ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, MALIGNANT; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 34247179123     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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