Catastrophic primary antiphospholipid syndrome presenting as status epilepticus [4]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1607-1608

  Coward, L J ^a,b   Kullmann, D M ^a   Hirsch, N P ^b   Howard, R S ^b   Lucas, S B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; LORAZEPAM; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AGITATION; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART ARREST; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BRAIN; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 27444444493     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.066746     Document Type: Letter

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