Onset of generalized seizures after intrathecal interferon therapy of SSPE

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-79

  Çaksen, Hüseyin ^a,b   Odabaş, Dursun ^a   Anlar, Ömer ^a   Ataş, Bülent ^a   Tuncer, Oǧuz ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; METHISOPRINOL; RIBAVIRIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG FEVER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0141566872     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(03)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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