Brainstem ischemia and preeclampsia

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-273

  Housni, Brahim ^a   Bayad, Rachida ^a   Cherkab, Rachid ^a   Salmi, Saïd ^a   Miguil, Mohamed ^a  

^a IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Ischemia; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DEEP TENDON REFLEX; DISEASE COURSE; DROWSINESS; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREECLAMPSIA; PROTEINURIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; RARE DISEASE; TENDON REFLEX; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 9244248655     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PRG-200030312     Document Type: Article

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