"Erratic" complex partial status epilepticus as a presenting feature of MELAS

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 655-658

  Corda, Davide ^a   Rosati, Giulio ^a   Deiana, Giovanni A ^a   Sechi, GianPietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex partial status epilepticus; Erratic status epilepticus; MELAS; Mitochondrial, Encephalopathy, Lactic acidosis, and Strokelike episodes

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; IDEBENONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELAS SYNDROME; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELAS SYNDROME; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 33646079164     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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