Aphasic or amnesic status epilepticus detected on PET but not EEG

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-255

  Dong, Christine ^b   Sriram, Subramaniam ^b   Delbeke, Dominique ^b   Al Kaylani, Muhammad ^b   Arain, Amir M ^b   Singh, Pradumna ^b   McLean, Michael J ^b   Abou Khalil, Bassel ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Aphasia; Aphasic status epilepticus; Positron emission tomography; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; METHOTREXATE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PREDNISONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ANTICONVULSANTS; APHASIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 58849151162     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01782.x     Document Type: Article

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