Rasmussen encephalitis with active inflammation and delayed seizures onset

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 984-986

  Korn Lubetzki, I ^a   Bien, C G ^b   Bauer, J ^c   Gomori, M ^d   Wiendl, H ^e   Trajo, L ^f   Ovadia, H ^d   Wilken, B ^g   Hans, V H ^b   Elger, C E ^b   Hurvitz, H ^a   Steiner, I ^d  

^a BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g KLINIKUM KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLEXIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 12144286048     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000115393.67403.53     Document Type: Article

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