Transient lesion in the splenium related to antiepileptic drug: Case report and new pathophysiological insights

Seizure

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 654-657

  Anneken, Kerstin ^a   Evers, Stefan ^a   Mohammadi, Siawoosh ^a   Schwindt, Wolfram ^a   Deppe, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug treatment; Cytotoxic oedema; Diffusion tensor imaging; Transient lesion of the splenium

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PREGABALIN;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPLENIUM LESION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANISOTROPY; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS;

EID: 50349096246     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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