Spectrum and potential pathogenesis of reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 873-882

  Li, Yuebing ^a   Gor, Devang ^a   Walicki, Debra ^a   Jenny, Donna ^a   Jones, David ^a   Barbour, Peter ^a   Castaldo, John ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; pathogenesis; posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868372394     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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