Slowly progressive hemiparesis in childhood as a consequence of Rasmussen encephalitis without or with delayed-onset seizures

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-390

  Bien, C G ^a   Elger, C E ^a   Leitner, Y ^b   Gomori, M ^c   Ran, B ^b   Urbach, H ^a   Wilken, B ^d   Korn Lubetzki, I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d KLINIKUM KASSEL   (Germany)

^e SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Childhood; Progressive hemiparesis; Rasmussen encephalitis

Indexed keywords

OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SEIZURE;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; PARESIS; SEIZURES;

EID: 33947587818     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01684.x     Document Type: Article

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