Acquired aphasia in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Brain and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 341-344

  Yoshikawa, Hideto ^a   Oda, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a NIIGATA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acquired aphasia; Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Landau Kleffner syndrome; Steroid pulse therapy

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; PHENYTOIN; STEROID;

APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARIETAL LOBE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; APHASIA; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARALYSIS; PHENYTOIN; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0033066703     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(99)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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