Preeclampsia: Association With Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Stroke

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (M.M.); Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, (E.C.M.); Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL (T.R.); University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor (P.D.H.); and Department of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (C.D.B.). mcdermom@med.umich.edu.
² From the Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (M.M.); Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, (E.C.M.); Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL (T.R.); University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor (P.D.H.); and Department of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (C.D.B.).

Review

Mollie McDermott et al. Stroke. 2018 Mar.

. 2018 Mar;49(3):524-530.

doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.018416. Epub 2018 Feb 8.

¹ From the Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (M.M.); Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, (E.C.M.); Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL (T.R.); University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor (P.D.H.); and Department of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (C.D.B.). mcdermom@med.umich.edu.
² From the Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (M.M.); Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, (E.C.M.); Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL (T.R.); University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor (P.D.H.); and Department of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (C.D.B.).

No abstract available

Keywords: hypertension; preeclampsia; pregnancy; stroke; women.

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