Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Mimicking a Left Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke
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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Mimicking a Left Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke
Certain Acute Clinical presentations are highly suggestive of stroke caused by specific mechanisms. One example of this would be the sudden onset of aphasia without hemiparesis often reflecting cerebral embolism, frequently from a cardiac source. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) describes a usually reversible neurologic syndrome with a variety of presenting symptoms from head...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Neuroimaging Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1874-4400
DOI: 10.2174/1874440001206010010