Transient bilateral blindness and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: A rare complication of enuresis treatment

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 380-382

  Branson, Joceline A ^a   Dale, Russell C ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enuresis; Hypertension; Iatrogenic; Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

Indexed keywords

OXYBUTYNIN; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENURESIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLINDNESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; ENURESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANDELIC ACIDS; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SEIZURES;

EID: 43549099796     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01337.x     Document Type: Article

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