Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy in diffuse scleroderma

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2 SUPPL. 58, 2010, Pages

  Del castillo pinol N ^a   Robustillo Villarino, M ^a   Narvaez J A ^a   Narvaez J ^a   Narvàez García, Francisco Javier ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; BOSENTAN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CISAPRIDE; CREATININE; FLUOXETINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PANTOPRAZOLE; PENICILLAMINE; PRAZOSIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCLERODERMA; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TELANGIECTASIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BRAIN EDEMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSE SCLERODERMA; KIDNEY DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FINGER ULCER; LABORATORY TEST; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; MENTAL DISEASE; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN EDEMA; CAPTOPRIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NITROPRUSSIDE; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SCLERODERMA, DIFFUSE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956622213     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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