Spectrum of radiological changes in hypertensive children with reversible posterior leucoencephalopathy

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 954, 2007, Pages 422-429

  Prasad, N ^a   Gulati, Sanjeev ^a   Gupta, R K ^a   Sharma, K ^a   Gulati, K ^a   Sharma, R K ^a   Gupta, A ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EYE FUNDUS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REVERSIBLE POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SEIZURE; VISUAL DISORDER; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AORTITIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 34548288024     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/81758556     Document Type: Article

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