Systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and intracranial vasculopathy

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Hung An ^a   Lin, Yeong Jang ^a   Chen, Pei Chih ^a   Chen, Tai Yuan ^a   Lin, Kao Chang ^a   Cheng, He Hsiung ^b  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG BING SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; SLURRED SPEECH; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VERTIGO;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958110156     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2010.01545.x     Document Type: Article

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