Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-6-5

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 27 (2013): Issue 6

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jun 2013

Abstract

Investigators at University of Milan, Italy, report a 6-year-old boy who presented with left-sided weakness followed by status epilepticus, left-sided tonic-clonic seizures with secondary generalization, without fever.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-6-5 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 44 - 45

Published on: Jun 1, 2013

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Neurological Examination,

Blood Pressure,

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome

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Volume 27 (2013): Issue 6