Transcranial direct current stimulation in adolescent and adult Rasmussen's encephalitis

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-131

  San Juan, Daniel ^a   Del Castillo Calcáneo, Juan de Dios ^a   González Aragón, Maricarmen Fernández ^a   Bermúdez Maldonado, Luis ^a   Moreno Avellán, Álvaro ^a   Gómez Argumosa, Edgar Valentín ^b   Fregni, Felipe ^c  

^a National Institute of Neurology   (Mexico)

^b National Institute of Cancer   (Mexico)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune encephalitis; Electrical cortical stimulation; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Intractable epilepsy; Neurostimulation; Rasmussen's encephalitis; Rasmussen's epilepsy; Transcranial electrical stimulation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INOSITOL; LACTIC ACID; MEPREDNISONE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PREDNISONE; PREGABALIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOMNOLENCE; THERAPY DELAY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651240033     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.10.031     Document Type: Article

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