Chronic focal encephalitis (Rasmussen's syndrome) in an adult

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 568-571

  Yeh, Poh Shiow ^a,b   Lin, Ching Nan ^a   Lin, Hung Jung ^a   Tsai, Tsung Chia ^a  

^a CHI MEI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Chi Mei Foundation Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic focal encephalitis; Epileptia partialis continua; Rasmussen's encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SEIZURE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033942710     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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