Atypical reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 1931-1934

  Bas, Demet Funda ^a   Oguz, Kader Karli ^a   Topcuoglu, Mehmet Akif ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Leukoencephalopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microangiopathy; Perfusion; Plasmapheresis; Stroke; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 56349159543     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1286     Document Type: Article

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