Acute cortical blindness in preeclampsia - a case of reversible posterior encephalopathy syndrome

Ginekologia Polska

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 469-472

  Mitas, Leszek ^a   Rogulski, Lech ^a  

^a Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Cortical blindness; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pre eclampsia; Vasogenic brain edema

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866169531     PISSN: 00170011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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