Posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome as a cause of reversible blindness during pregnancy

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 539-542

  Onderoglu, Lutfu S ^a   Dursun, Polat ^a   Gultekin, Murat ^a   Celik, Nilufer Y ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blindness; Posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; HYDRALAZINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PHENYTOIN; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ECLAMPSIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GRAY MATTER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC CARE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PUPIL REFLEX; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER; VITAL SIGN; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; BRAIN EDEMA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34547698730     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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