Aphasic status epilepticus with periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges in a bilingual patient as a presenting sign of "AIDS-toxoplasmosis complex"

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 193-196

  Özkaya, Gülşen ^a   Kurne, Asli ^a   Ünal, Serhat ^a   Oǧuz, Kader Karli ^a   Karabudak, Rana ^a   Saygi, Serap ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Cerebral toxoplasmosis; HIV; Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges; Seizure; Wernicke's aphasia

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; GADOLINIUM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL SENSORY APHASIA; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; APHASIA, WERNICKE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 33745831908     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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