Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) in a Thirty-Six-Week Gestation Eclamptic

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 377-379

  Powell, Emilie S ^a   Goldman, Mitchell J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

eclampsia; hypertension; pregnancy; PRES; seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL; MAGNESIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36549023021     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.02.025     Document Type: Article

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