Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system manifested with seizures

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 277-278

  Wang, Kang ^a   Xu, Ziqi ^a   Xiong, Ge ^b   Benyan, Luo ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Hemosiderin; Seizure; Superficial siderosis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SIDEROSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLONIC SEIZURE; CLONUS; CONVULSION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDEROSIS; TENDON REFLEX;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; SEIZURES; SIDEROSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 73649088574     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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