Metamorphopsia restricted to the right side of the face associated with a right temporal lobe lesion [12]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1765-1767

  Miwa, H ^a   Kondo, T ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 37749014313     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-007-0671-z     Document Type: Letter

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