Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and oral methotrexate

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 725-727

  Hart, Caroline ^a   Kinney, Michael O ^a   McCarron, Mark O ^a  

^a ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oral methotrexate; Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; METHOTREXATE; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; THYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHOTREXATE; PHENYTOIN; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862026195     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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