MR signal changes in a child with cat scratch disease encephalopathy and status epilepticus

European Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-110

  Ogura, Kazumasa ^a   Hara, Yoshikazu ^a   Tsukahara, Hirokazu ^b   Maeda, Masayuki ^c   Tsukahara, Masato ^d   Mayumi, Mitsufumi ^b  

^a Obama Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BRAIN; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 1542510085     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076789     Document Type: Article

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