Cortical gray matter lesions in acute encephalopathy with febrile convulsive status epilepticus

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 622-624

  Sato, Atsushi ^a   Mizuguchi, Masashi ^a   Mimaki, Masakazu ^a   Takahashi, Kan ^a   Jimi, Hanako ^a   Oka, Akira ^a   Igarashi, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion; Acute encephalopathy with febrile convulsive status epilepticus; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VIRUS INFECTION; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 67651211858     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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