Eclampsia: A neurological perspective

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 158-167

  Shah, A K ^a   Rajamani, K ^a   Whitty, J E ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT scan; Eclampsia; Headache; Hypertensive encephalopathy; MRI; Neuroimaging; Neurological; Pregnancy; Seizures; Toxemia of pregnancy; Visual disturbance

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HEADACHE; HELLP SYNDROME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PUERPERIUM; SCOTOMA; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45849109233     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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