Clinical and radiological differences in posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome between patients with preeclampsia-eclampsia and other predisposing diseases

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 935-943

  Liman, T G ^a   Bohner, G ^a   Heuschmann, P U ^a   Scheel, M ^a   Endres, M ^a   Siebert, E ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Hypertensive encephalopathy; Intracranial hemorrhage; Neurotoxicity; Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; Preeclampsia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLEEDING; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC EDEMA; ECLAMPSIA AND PREECLAMPSIA; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOSIS; HEADACHE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFARCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINAR NECROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MESENCEPHALON; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; THALAMUS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861546372     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03629.x     Document Type: Article

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