Advances in pathogenic concepts and therapeutic agents in Rasmussen's encephalitis

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 981-989

  Bien, Christian G ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a   Wiendl, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Antiviral treatment; Autoimmune disease; Cytotoxic T lymphocytes; Epilepsy; GluR3; Immunomodulation; Immunosuppression; Rasmussen's encephalitis; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ZIDOVUDINE;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEMISPHERE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; METABOLISM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; HUMANS;

EID: 0035986913     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.11.7.981     Document Type: Review

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