Recurrent posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a patient with sickle cell disease

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-211

  Parameswaran, Bimal Kumar ^a   Krishnan, Pudukode Ramnath ^a   Al Dossary, Jamila ^a  

^a SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALBUMIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CREATININE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LABETALOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; UREA;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTUBATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE OSMOLALITY;

EID: 34447324363     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2007.206     Document Type: Article

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