Widening the spectrum of PRES: Series from a tertiary care center

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 454-459

  Gocmen, Rahsan ^a   Ozgen, Burce ^a   Oguz, Kader Karli ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Hypertensive encephalopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multifactorial causality

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; MULTIFACTORIAL CAUSALITY; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME (PRES);

BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RADIOLOGY;

NEUROLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; LEVOSTATIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 34249052591     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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