Epileptic encephalopathy in children possibly related to immune-mediated pathogenesis

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-56

  Specchio, Nicola ^a   Fusco, Lucia ^a   Claps, Dianela ^a   Vigevano, Federico ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Encephalopathy; Fever; Immune mediated; Partial seizures; Severe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CLOBAZAM; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; ETIRACETAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEPREDNISONE; MIDAZOLAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; TOPIRAMATE;

ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS WITH REFRACTORY REPETITIVE PARTIAL SEIZURE; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; DEVASTATING EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; WEST SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION;

EID: 71849117279     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2009.09.017     Document Type: Review

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