Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2400-2401

  Zar, Tausif ^a,b   Samson, Wilner ^a   Palmisano, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertensive encephalopathy; Lupus nephritis leukoencephalopathy syndrome; Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome; RPLS

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; HYDROCORTISONE; LISINOPRIL; MEPREDNISONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPOTENSION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSIBLE POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KIDNEY DISEASES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDNISONE; SEIZURES; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547843584     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm278     Document Type: Article

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