Nonconvulsive status epilepticus presenting as a subacute progressive aphasia

Seizure

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 449-454

  Chung, P W ^a   Seo, D W ^a   Kwon, J C ^a   Kim, H ^a   Na, D L ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Non convulsive status epilepticus; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0036798761     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2002.0678     Document Type: Article

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