Treatment of Rasmussen's syndrome with ganciclovir

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 925-928

  McLachlan, Richard S ^a,b   Levin, Simon ^a   Blume, Warren T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; STEROID; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SEIZURE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029808636     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.4.925     Document Type: Article

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