Acute encephalopathy with inflammation-mediated status epilepticus

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-108

  Nabbout, Rima ^a   Vezzani, Annamaria ^b   Dulac, Olivier ^a   Chiron, Catherine ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; MINOCYCLINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; STEROID;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MATURATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONUS; COGNITION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMIPLEGIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANCY; KETOGENIC DIET; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 78649999100     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70214-3     Document Type: Note

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