Limited chronic focal encephalitis: Another variant of Rasmussen syndrome?

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 374-377

  Gambardella, A ^a   Andermann, F ^b   Shorvon, S ^c   Le Piane, E ^d   Aguglia, U ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d Azienda Ospedaliera Reggio Calabria   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CHRONIC FOCAL ENCEPHALITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; ATHETOSIS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; IMMUNOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATHETOSIS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; CHOREA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 39749169114     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000298723.96653.99     Document Type: Article

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