Occipital lobe seizures related to marked elevation of hemoglobin A1C: Report of two cases

Seizure

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 359-362

  Hung, Wan Ling ^a   Hsieh, Peiyuan F ^a,b,c   Lee, Yi Chung ^a,b   Chang, Ming Hong ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electroencephalograph; HbA1C; Hyperglycemia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Occipital lobe seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; PHENYTOIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERGLYCINEMIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD; ACIDOSIS; BLOOD; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NONKETOTIC DIABETIC COMA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIC HYPEROSMOLAR NONKETOTIC COMA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHENYTOIN; SEIZURES;

EID: 77955325170     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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