Vasoconstriction as the Etiology of Hypercalcemia-induced Seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 551-554

  Chen, Tsung Hua ^a   Huang, Chih Cheng ^a   Chang, Yung Yee ^a   Chen, Ying Fa ^a   Chen, Wei Hsi ^a   Lai, Shung Lon ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hypercalcemia; Seizure; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SEIZURES; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 2342571650     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.57003.x     Document Type: Article

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