Transient seizure disappearance due to bilateral striatal necrosis in a patient with intractable epilepsy

Brain and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-55

  Sasaki, Masayuki ^a   Matsuda, Hiroshi ^a   Omura, Ikuko ^a   Sugai, Kenji ^a   Hashimoto, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral striatal necrosis; Intractable epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mycoplasma infection; Wernicke encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; MINOCYCLINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CHOREOATHETOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

EID: 0033978747     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(99)00107-2     Document Type: Article

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