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A condition that is characterized by HEADACHE; SEIZURES; and visual loss with edema in the posterior aspects of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES, such as the BRAIN STEM. Generally, lesions involve the white matter (nerve fibers) but occasionally the grey matter (nerve cell bodies).
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- Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome, Posterior
- Leukoencephalopathy Syndromes, Posterior
- Syndrome, Posterior Leukoencephalopathy
- Syndromes, Posterior Leukoencephalopathy
- Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
- Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2008
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Previous Indexing
- Brain Diseases (1996-2007)
- Hypertension (1996-2007)
- Hypertensive Encephalopathy (2001-2007)
- Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal (1997-2002)
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- National Library of Medicine. Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054038. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054038
- Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_reversible_encephalopathy_syndrome
- Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7234232