Status-like recurrent pilomotor seizures: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 647-649

  Roze, Emmanuel ^a   Oubary, Paul ^a   Chédru, François ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE MEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic epilepsy; Hyperosmolar non ketotic hyperglycaemia; Korsakoff's syndrome; Pilomotor seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; INSULIN; NICOTINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE;

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPEROSMOLARITY; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0034055823     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.68.5.647     Document Type: Article

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