Complex partial status epilepticus in late-onset MELAS

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 438-441

  Leff, Alex P ^a   McNabb, Andrew W ^a   Hanna, Michael G ^a   Clarke, Charles R A ^a   Larner, Andrew J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex partial seizures; MELAS; Mitochondrial cytopathy; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; EPILEPTIC STATE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0031921731     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01397.x     Document Type: Article

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