Characteristics of intractable seizures following meningitis and encephalitis

Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 1513-1518

  Marks, David A ^a   Kim, Jung ^a   Spencer, Dennis D ^a   Spencer, Susan S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGE FACTORS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0026733040     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.42.8.1513     Document Type: Article

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