Clinical experience of childhood hypertensive encephalopathy over an eight year period

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-158

  Hu, Mei Hua ^a   Wang, Huei Shyong ^a   Lin, Kuang Lin ^a   Huang, Jing Long ^a   Hsia, Shao Hsuan ^a   Chou, Ming Liang ^a   Hung, Po Cheng ^a   Hsieh, Meng Ying ^a   Wong, Alex Mun Ching ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Child; Encephalopathy; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42449141443     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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