Acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late restricted diffusion on MRI in a Japanese child living in the USA

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 717-719

  Traul, David E ^a   Traul, Christine S ^a   Matsumoto, Julie ^a   Goodkin, Howard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; PROPOFOL; TOPIRAMATE;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG RESPONSE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMIGRANT; JAPANESE; LETHARGY; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH DISORDER;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; SEIZURES;

EID: 50149093068     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03080.x     Document Type: Article

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