Sickle cell disease and posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1329-1332

  Geevasinga, Nimeshan ^a,b   Cole, Catherine ^c,d   Herkes, Geoffrey K ^a,e   Barnett, Yael ^a,b   Lin, Jamie ^a   Needham, Merrilee ^a,e  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome; Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome; Sickle cell anaemia; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIDOFOVIR; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUNARIZINE; GABAPENTIN; HEMOGLOBIN S; HYDROXYUREA; METHADONE; METHOTREXATE; NIFEDIPINE; PREDNISONE; RABEPRAZOLE;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLONUS; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONMYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; SPUTUM DISCOLORATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FATALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME;

EID: 84904254157     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.10.028     Document Type: Article

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