Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges in neurosyphilis

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 390-393

  Noone, Mohan L ^a   Sinha, Sanjib ^a   Taly, Arun B ^a   Chandrika, Siddappa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

EEG; Neurosyphilis; PLED; Seizures

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; PENICILLIN G; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSYPHILIS; PERIODIC LATERALIZED EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMORBIDITY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846845159     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.00921.x     Document Type: Article

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