Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: Associated clinical and radiologic findings

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 427-432

  Fugate, Jennifer E ^a   Claassen, Daniel O ^a   Cloft, Harry J ^a   Kallmes, David F ^a   Kozak, Osman S ^b   Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; HYDROXYUREA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN; RITUXIMAB; SORAFENIB; TACROLIMUS; THALIDOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PREECLAMPSIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 77951751971     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2009.0590     Document Type: Article

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