Reversible blindness in fulminating preeclampsia

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-191

  Swende, T Z ^a   Abwa, T ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^b Latin American School of Medicine   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cortical; Morbidity; Preeclampsia; Retinopathy; Reversible

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; HYDRALAZINE; METHYLDOPA; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PREECLAMPSIA; RETINA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLINDNESS; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77749292084     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.57247     Document Type: Article

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