Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: Incidence of atypical regions of involvement and imaging findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 904-912

  McKinney, Alexander M ^a,b   Short, James ^a   Truwit, Charles L ^a   McKinney, Zeke J ^a   Kozak, Osman S ^a   SantaCruz, Karen S ^a   Teksam, Mehmet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS; Contrast enhancement; Diffusion; Hemorrhage; MRI; Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 34748913661     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2024     Document Type: Article

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