MELAS presented with status epilepticus and Anton-Babinski syndrome; value of ADC mapping in MELAS [13]

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 482-483

  Alemdar, Murat ^a   Iseri, Pervin ^a   Selekler, Macit ^a   Budak, Fair ^a   Demirci, Ali ^a   Komsuoglu, Sezer Sener ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; INSULIN; MANNITOL; PHENYTOIN; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ANTON BABINSKI SYNDROME; BLINDNESS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LETTER; MELAS SYNDROME; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 36349023239     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2007.19.4.482     Document Type: Letter

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