Permanent dysphasia after status epilepticus: Long-term follow-up in an elderly patient

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 677-680

  Fernández Torre, José L ^a   Pascual, Julio ^a   Quirce, Remedios ^a   Gutiérrez, Agustín ^a   Martínez Martínez, Marián ^a   Rebollo, Mariano ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complex partial seizures; Contralateral cerebellar diaschisis; Dysphasia; Functional neuroimaging; Permanent postictal deficit; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DYSPHASIA; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LONG TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

AGED; APHASIA; BRAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33646090836     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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