Diagnosis, therapy and course of Rasmussen encephalitis;Diagnostik, Therapie und Verlauf der Rasmussen-Enzephalitis

Zeitschrift fur Epileptologie

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 59-68

  Bien, Christian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsia partialis continua; Hemispherectomy; Immunotherapy; Rasmussen encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PLASMAPHERESIS; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SEIZURE;

EID: 43849109312     PISSN: 16176782     EISSN: 16100646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10309-008-0303-3     Document Type: Article

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