Late postpartum preeclampsia with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 508-511

  Kauntia, Ritesh ^a   Valsalan, Rohith ^a   Seshadri, Shubha ^a   Pandit, Vinay ^a   Prabhu, M ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome; Postpartum; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; LABETALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATE POSTPARTUM PREECLAMPSIA; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PREECLAMPSIA; SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABETALOL; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76549122316     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.58880     Document Type: Article

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