Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Unmasking Acute Glomerulonephritis
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome unmasking acute glomerulonephritis.
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a recently described condition, wherein there is vasogenic oedema, seen on neuroimaging, predominantly over the parieto occipital regions of the cerebrum. Though, as the name implies, the condition is reversible, there may be fatalities and neurological sequelae. We are reporting a 9-year-old female child in whom the typical clinical and ne...
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3. Information on permissions/orders of reprints in rheumatology and related fields. Silverman featuring research articles on clinical subjects from scientists working is a monthly international serial edited by Earl D. We read with interest the article by Varaprasad, et al 1 in which the authors studied 13 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and posterior reversible encephalopathy...
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عنوان ژورنال: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2249-782X
DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2014/6465.3818