Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome due to pulse methylprednisolone therapy in a child

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 455-457

  Incecik, Faruk ^a   Hergüner, M Özlem ^a   Yildizdaş, Dinçer ^a   Yilmaz, Mustafa ^a   Mert, Gülen ^a   Horoz, Özden O ^a   Altunbaşak, Şakir ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome; Pulse methylprednisolone therapy

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; ETIRACETAM; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIVER ENZYME; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONFUSION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME;

EID: 84888169767     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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