Neurologic Complications of Pre-eclampsia

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 166-172

  Zeeman, Gerda G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

eclampsia; HELLP syndrome; posterior reversible leucoencephalopathy syndrome; pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECLAMPSIA; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; VISUAL DISORDER;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 65649104527     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2009.02.003     Document Type: Review

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