Hypertensive encephalopathy: Antecedent to hippocampal sclerosis and temporal lobe epilepsy?

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1534-1536

  Solinas, C ^a   Briellmann, R S ^a   Harvey, A S ^a,b   Mitchell, L A ^a   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Epilepsy Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLDOPA; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037883228     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000061479.59789.10     Document Type: Article

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