Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a child with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome: Case report and review of literature

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is characterized by headache, nausea, vomiting, seizures and visual disturbances. PRES has been usually associated with hypertension, chronic renal disease, malignancy and chemotherapeutic agents. We report the association of PRES with Autoimmune l...

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Autores principales: Chandramohan, Vaishnavi, Nagarajan, Vinoth Ponnurangam, Sathyamoorthi, Muthamil Selvan, Kumar, Sathish, Shanmugasundaram, Chitrambalam, Periakaruppan, Gokulakrishnan, Scott, Julius Xavier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3611917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23560015
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.106486
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Sumario:Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is characterized by headache, nausea, vomiting, seizures and visual disturbances. PRES has been usually associated with hypertension, chronic renal disease, malignancy and chemotherapeutic agents. We report the association of PRES with Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, which to our best knowledge has not been reported before.

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