Acute encephalitis with refractory, repetitive partial seizures (AERRPS): A peculiar form of childhood encephalitis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 251-256

  Sakuma, H ^a   Awaya, Y ^b   Shiomi, M ^c   Yamanouchi, H ^d   Takahashi, Y ^e   Saito, Y ^a   Sugai, K ^a   Sasaki, M ^a  

^a Natl Ctr Hosp Muscular Disorders   (Japan)

^b Seibo Byoin   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

Author keywords

AERRPS; Epilepsy; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; PENTOBARBITAL; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THIOPENTAL;

ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS WITH REFRACTORY REPETITIVE PARTIAL SEIZURE; AGNOSIA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROGNOSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TIC;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATROPHY; BARBITURATES; CEREBRUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 77749248928     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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