Reversible posterior leucoencephalopathy syndrome in post streptococcal glomerulonephritis

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-276

  Gupta, Shalu ^a   Goyal, Vishnu Kumar ^a   Talukdar, B ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (India)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Post streptococcal glomerulonephritis; Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; NIFEDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; WHITE MATTER;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77949713489     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-010-0037-y     Document Type: Article

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