Acute cortical blindness due to posterior reversible encephalopathy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1182-1185

  Nguyen Lam, Jenny ^a   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical blindness; Hypertensive encephalopathy; Posterior reversible encephalopathy; Vasogenic oedema

Indexed keywords

CANDESARTAN; COCODAMOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PROMETHAZINE;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRAY MATTER; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SEIZURE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER;

ABDOMEN; ACUTE DISEASE; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; BRAIN EDEMA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEIZURES;

EID: 50549091983     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.04.025     Document Type: Article

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