Changes on diffusion-weighted MRI with focal motor status epilepticus: Case report

Neuroradiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 246-249

  Senn, P ^b   Lovblad K O ^a,b   Zutter, D ^b   Bassetti, C ^b   Zeller, O ^b   Donati, F ^b   Schroth, G ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Epilepsia partialis continua

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; DEPAKIN CHRONO; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CYTOTOXICITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FACE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HAND; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENCHYMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN EDEMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ARM; BRAIN EDEMA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0038727134     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-002-0850-7     Document Type: Article

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