Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus Resulting from Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction in a Patient with Neurosyphilis

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 138-140

  Kojan, Suleiman ^a   Van Ness, Paul C ^a   Diaz Arrastia, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Jarisch Herxheimer Reaction; Neurosyphilis; Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus

Indexed keywords

FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; PENICILLINS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0033926922     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940003100306     Document Type: Article

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