Hemispheric hypoperfusion in postictal paresis mimics early brain ischemia

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 355-359

  Rupprecht, Sven ^a   Schwab, Matthias ^a   Fitzek, Clemens ^a,b   Witte, Otto W ^a   Terborg, Christoph ^a,c   Hagemann, Georg ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Institute of Radiology and Neuroradiology   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; MRI; Perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GAZE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PERFUSION; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; STENT; STROKE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEIZURES; STROKE;

EID: 77951298012     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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