Can clinical and MRI findings predict the prognosis of variant and classical type of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES)?

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1182-1190

  Moon, Seong Nam ^a   Jeon, Se Jeong ^a   Choi, See Sung ^a   Song, Chang June ^b   Chung, Gyung Ho ^c   Yu, In Kyu ^d   Kim, Dea Ho ^e  

^a Wonkwang University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Eulji University   (South Korea)

^e Konyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance image (MRI); Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES); Prognosis; Variant type

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL DATA; CLINICAL SYMPTOMS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES (MRI); POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME (PRES); PROGNOSIS; VARIANT TYPE;

BRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORECASTING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE (MRI); POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME (PRES); VARIANT TYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE (MRI); POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME (PRES); PROGNOSIS; VARIANT TYPE;

EID: 84893054781     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185113491252     Document Type: Article

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