Plasma exchange in Rasmussen's encephalitis

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-82

  Palcoux, Jean Bernard ^a   Carla, Hélène ^a   Tardieu, Marc ^b   Carpentier, Carine ^a   Sebire, Guillaume ^b   Garcier, Jean Marc ^c   Loriette, Yann ^a   Meyer, Martine ^a   Malpuech, Georges ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Hôtel Dieu ^*

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Plasma exchange; Rasmussen's encephalitis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SYNDROME; TIME;

BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA EXCHANGE; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031061220     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.1997.tb00019.x     Document Type: Article

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