A case of the unilateral alteration due to hypertensive encephalopathy

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-29

  Saito, Maki ^a   Takano, Masahiko ^a   Tabe, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epileptic seizure; Hypertensive encephalopathy; Takayasu's arteritis; Unilateral; Vasogenic edema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS;

EID: 38749123545     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.48.25     Document Type: Article

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