A case of hippocampal laminar necrosis following complex partial status epilepticus

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 425-428

  Heinrich, A ^a,b   Runge, U ^a   Kirsch, M ^a   Khaw, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical; Epilepsy; Hippocampal atrophy; MRI; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; GANGLION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; EPILEPSY; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 34248640132     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00784.x     Document Type: Review

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