Acute encephalitis with refractory, repetitive partial seizures: Case reports of this unusual post-encephalitic epilepsy

Brain and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 147-156

  Saito, Yoshiaki ^a   Maegaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Okamoto, Riina ^a   Ogura, Kaeko ^a   Togawa, Masami ^a   Nanba, Yukiko ^a   Inoue, Takehiko ^a   Takahashi, Yukitoshi ^b   Ohno, Kousaku ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Glutamate receptor; High dose barbiturate; Post encephalitic epilepsy; Steroid

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CALCIUM BROMIDE; CLONAZEPAM; GAMMA GLOBIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM BROMIDE; STEROID; THIOPENTAL; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLAUSTRUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DELIRIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; PNEUMONIA; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; THIOPENTAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 33846905087     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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