Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) complicating the 'legal high' mephedrone

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Omer, Taha Adam ^a   Doherty, Colin ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; ALPHA AMYLASE PANCREAS ISOENZYME; ETIRACETAM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LABETALOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHAMPHETAMINE; STREET DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IRELAND; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHAMPHETAMINE; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; STREET DRUGS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053077081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.02.2011.3904     Document Type: Article

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