Reversible splenial lesion in clinically mild encephalitis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 726-730

  Yeh, Ing Berne ^a   Tan, L C S ^b   Sitoh, Y Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Corpus callosum; Encephalitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SEIZURES;

EID: 28844502876     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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