Clustered subclinical seizures in a patient with acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 472-476

  Komatsu, Mitsutaka ^a   Okumura, Akihisa ^a,b   Matsui, Kotoko ^a   Kitamura, Tomohiro ^a   Sato, Toshihiko ^a   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^b   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^c  

^a Urayasu Ichikawa Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion; Amplitude integrated EEG; Clustered seizures; Diffusion weighted images

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; THIOPENTAL;

ACUTE ENCEPHALOPATHY WITH BIPHASIC SEIZURES AND LATE REDUCED DIFFUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952549115     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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