Epilepsia partialis continua in a patient with Behçet's disease

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 392-395

  Aktekin, Berrin ^a   Doǧan, Ebru Apaydin ^a   Oǧuz, Yurttaş ^a   Karaali, Kamil ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Epilepsia partialis continua; Neurological involvement; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE; VALPROIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; QUADRIPLEGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BEHCET SYNDROME; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PERIODICITY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33746924890     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.12.021     Document Type: Article

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