Distinct imaging patterns and lesion distribution in posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1320-1327

  Bartynski, Walter S ^a   Boardman, J F ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548162814     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0549     Document Type: Article

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