Character changes from idiopathic cranial pachymeningoencephalitis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 163-166

  Matsushita, Takuya ^a   Murai, Hiroyuki ^a   Kawajiri, Masakazu ^a   Muratani, Hiroshi ^b   Iwaki, Toru ^a   Taniwaki, Takayuki ^a   Kira, Jun ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HAMANOMACHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Character change; Corticosteroids; Idiopathic; Meningoencephalitis; Pachymeningitis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHARACTER DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DURA MATER; EYE PAIN; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC CRANIAL PACHYMENINGOENCEPHALITIS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROGLIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TEMPERAMENT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; AGED; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR; DURA MATER; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOSIS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREDNISOLONE; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; SKULL BASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646110496     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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