Rasmussen encephalitis in the sixth decade: Magnetic resonance image evolution and immunoglobulin response [2]

European Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 236-239

  Arias, Manuel ^a,b   Dapena, Dolores ^a   Arias Rivas, Susana ^a   Sesar, Angel ^a   Vázquez, Fernando ^a   Prieto, Angel ^a   Suárez Peñaranda, José Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845573015     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096493     Document Type: Letter

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