Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges: An initial electrographic pattern in reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome

Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-59

  Bhatt, Archit ^a   Farooq, Muhammad U ^a   Bhatt, Shaila ^a   Majid, Arshad ^a   Kassab, Mounzer Y ^a  

^a East Lansing   (United States)

Author keywords

Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges; Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ETOPOSIDE; LORAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIODIC LATERALIZED EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGE SYNDROME; REVERSIBLE POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SEIZURE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41849135391     PISSN: 00283843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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