Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: A truly treatable neurologic illness

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 590-594

  Hobson, Esther V ^a   Craven, Ian ^b   Catrin Blank, S ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENINGITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 84870994780     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: 17184304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/pdi.2012.00152     Document Type: Article

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