Serial Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings of Rasmussen's Encephalitis: —Case Report—

Neurologia medico-chirurgica

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 924-928

  Nakasu, Satoshi ^a   Isozumi, Takahiro ^a   Yamamoto, Atsushi ^a   Nakasu, Yoko ^a   Takano, Tomoyuki ^b   Okada, Kiyoharu ^c  

^a Departments of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Makino Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

epilepsy; magnetic resonance imaging; Rasmussen's encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STEROIDS;

EID: 0031440153     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.37.924     Document Type: Article

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