Identification of ictal foci by EEG and MR apparent diffusion coefficient map in a case of human herpesvirus 6-associated encephalopathy

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 385-390

  Fujii, Isao ^a   Ueno, Yasushi ^a   Okuda, Tomoko ^a   Goto, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; RASH; SYMPTOM; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEIZURES;

EID: 4544374774     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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