Vagus nerve stimulator treatment in adult-onset Rasmussen's encephalitis

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-125

  Grujic, Jelena ^a   Bien, Christian G ^b   Pollo, Claudio ^a   Rossetti, Andrea O ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neuropsychological impairment; Partial status epilepticus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREGABALIN; PROPOFOL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ADULT ONSET RASMUSSEN ENCEPHALITIS; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BALANCE DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSESTHESIA; DYSTONIA; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FLAPPING TREMOR; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSALIVATION; IMPLANT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LARYNX DISORDER; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; MICROGLIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATOR;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 78651239848     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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