Focal cortical resection for complex partial status epilepticus due to a paraneoplastic encephalitis

Neurologist

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-59

  Nahab, Fadi ^a,b   Heller, Adam ^a   LaRoche, Suzette M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti Hu antibodies; Complex partial status epilepticus; Epilepsia partialis continua; Focal resection; Paraneoplastic encephalitis

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSITRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SEROLOGY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN STEM; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 38349044133     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181578952     Document Type: Article

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