Brainstem involvement in hypertensive encephalopathy: A report of two cases and literature review

European Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 223-226

  Uchino, Masafumi ^a,b   Haga, Daisuke ^a   Nomoto, Jun ^a   Mito, Toshiaki ^a   Kuramitsu, Tohru ^a  

^a Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

^b Uchino Park Side Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Edema; Hypertension; Hypertensive encephalopathy, reversibility; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POTASSIUM; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; PONS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CONFUSION; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NITROPRUSSIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 34247853321     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100015     Document Type: Article

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