Acute left hemispheric syndrome with cortical lesions in a patient with secondary porphyrinuria [2]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 983-984

  Ahle, Guido ^a   Wierzba, Stefan ^a   Haupts, Michael ^a   König, Matthias ^a   Gehlen, Walter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORPHYRIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; APHASIA; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CHOLESTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORPHYRIA; PORPHYRIN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMUS; URINE LEVEL;

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COPROPORPHYRINS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PORPHYRIAS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23944509826     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0721-3     Document Type: Letter

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