Acute encephalitis with refractory, repetitive partial seizures

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 356-361

  Shyu, Ching Shan ^b   Lee, Hsiu Fen ^b,c   Chi, Ching Shiang ^a,c   Chen, Chao Huei ^b  

^a TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute encephalitis; Children; Refractory partial seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS WITH REFRACTORY REPETITIVE PARTIAL SEIZURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SYNDROME; TAIWAN; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41749088491     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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