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Brainstem involvement in hypertensive encephalopathy: Clinical and radiological findings
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Brainstem involvement in hypertensive encephalopathy: Clinical and radiological findings

Salvador CRUZ-FLORES, Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim and Enrique C LEIRA
Neurology, Vol.62(8), pp.1417-1419
2004
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000120668.73677.5F
PMID: 15111687

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Abstract

Predominant brainstem or cerebellar edema is rare in hypertensive encephalopathy and usually affects patients with secondary hypertension. Despite the severity of the radiologic findings, clinical features of brainstem involvement are uncommon. The authors report the clinical and radiologic features of two patients.
Neurology Biological and medical sciences Medical sciences

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