Childhood posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-94

  McCoy, Bláthnaid ^a,b   King, Mary ^a,b   Gill, Denis ^a,b   Twomey, Eilish ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Headache; Hypertension; Posterior; Reversible encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIZZINESS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MALE; SYNDROME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 79952536721     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2010.10.002     Document Type: Review

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