Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Associated With IVIG in a Patient With Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-125

  Koichihara, Reiko ^a,b   Hamano, Shin Ichiro ^a   Yamashita, Shintaro ^a   Tanaka, Manabu ^a  

^a SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Fukaya Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 47049116027     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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