Nonconvulsive status epilepticus manifesting as pure alexia (alexia without agraphia)

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 626-628

  Kutluay, Ekrem ^a   Pakoz, Burak ^a   Yuksel, Alper ^a   Beydoun, Ahmad ^b  

^a KENT HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Alexia; Brain MRI; Hyperosmolar state; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLARITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SIGNAL DETECTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 34248642603     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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