Seizures in encephalitis

Neurology Asia

Volumn 13, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-13

  Misra, Usha Kant ^a   Tan, C T ^b   Kalita, Jayantee ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MEROPENEM; MUMPS VACCINE; PHENYTOIN; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIBAVIRIN; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS ANTIGEN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

BRAIN SURGERY; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GEOGRAPHY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MEASLES VIRUS; MONOTHERAPY; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEIZURE; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; THERAPY RESISTANCE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE INTAKE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FLAVIVIRUS; FLUID THERAPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFLUENZA; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; MYOSITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY CARE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 69749122073     PISSN: 18236138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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