Focal idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningoencephalitis

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-184

  Lu, Yun Ru ^a   Yeh, Jiann Horng ^a,b   Tsai, Min Der ^a,b   Lee, Chin Cheng ^a   Chen, Wei Hung ^a,c  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic inflammation; Meningoencephalitis; Pachymeningitis

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; TOPIRAMATE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DURA MATER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEG DISEASE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; REMISSION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPIKE WAVE; STEROID THERAPY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 40749129617     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(08)60132-1     Document Type: Article

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