A case of superficial siderosis with repeated episodes of epilepsy

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-110

  Machino, Yuka ^a,b   Nakayama, Shigeho ^a   Takashima, Shingo ^b   Tomimoto, Hidekazu ^b  

^a MIE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Superficial siderosis

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM DISORDER; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SUPERFICIAL SIDEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 77749298637     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.50.108     Document Type: Article

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