Focal nonconvulsive status epilepticus associated to PLEDs and intense focal hyperemia in an AIDS patient

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 358-361

  Cury, Rodrigo F ^a   Wichert Ana, Lauro ^a   Sakamoto, Américo Ceiki ^a   Fernandes, Regina M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; EEG; Epilepticus; Nonconvulsive status; PLEDs; SPECT

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; DIAZEPAM; GADOLINIUM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONVULSION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MENINX DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 2942711669     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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