Nationwide survey (incidence, clinical course, prognosis) of Rasmussen's encephalitis

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 445-453

  Muto, Ayako ^a   Oguni, Hirokazu ^a   Takahashi, Yukitoshi ^b   Shirasaka, Yukiyoshi ^c   Sawaishi, Yukio ^d   Yano, Tamami ^d   Hoshida, Toru ^e   Osaka, Hitoshi ^f   Nakasu, Satoru ^g   Akasaka, Noriyuki ^h   Sugai, Kenji ⁱ   Miyamoto, Akie ^j   Takahashi, Satoru ^k   Suzuki, Motomasa ^l   Ohmori, Iori ^m   Nabatame, Shin ⁿ   Osawa, Makiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c Shirasaka Clinic   (Japan)

^d AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^g SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^h NISHI NIIGATA CHUO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^j Department of Pediatrics   (Japan)

^k Sapporo Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

^l Okazaki City Hospital   (Japan)

^m OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Chronic localized encephalitis; Epilepsia partialis continua; Immunomodulatory therapy; Intractable epilepsy; Nationwide survey; Rasmussen's encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFANT; JAPANESE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; PROGNOSIS; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952544909     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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