Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: An Emerging Disease Manifestation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-363

  Barber, Claire E ^a   Leclerc, Renée ^b   Gladman, Dafna D ^a,c   Urowitz, Murray B ^a,c   Fortin, Paul R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypertensive encephalopathy; Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; Reversible posterior leucoencephalopathy syndrome; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ATENOLOL; AZATHIOPRINE; CLONIDINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LABETALOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; RAMIPRIL;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84860403242     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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