Reversible brainstem hypertensive encephalopathy (RBHE): Clinicoradiologic dissociation

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1047-1053

  Shintani, Shuzo ^a   Hino, Tarou ^a   Ishihara, Shouichirou ^a   Mizutani, Saneyuki ^a   Shiigai, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Hypertension; MRI; Vasogenic edema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVERSIBLE BRAINSTEM HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 54049140327     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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