Limbic encephalitis and hyperactive foci on PET scan

Seizure

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 427-430

  Fakhoury, Toufic ^a   Abou Khalil, Bassel ^a   Kessler, Robert M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Limbic encephalitis; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Partial seizures; PET scan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; LIMBIC CORTEX; LUNG CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032702061     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1999.0333     Document Type: Article

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