Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood: A novel form of acute encephalopathy prevalent in Japan and Taiwan

Brain and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-92

  Mizuguchi, Masashi ^a,b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute encephalopathy; Blood brain barrier; Dysoria; Mimicking Reye syndrome

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

CHILD; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; PEDIGREE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030949807     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(96)00063-0     Document Type: Review

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