Rasmussen's encephalitis

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 133-144

  Hart, Yvonne ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic encephalitis; Epilepsy; Immunology; Rasmussen's syndrome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ATROPHY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; REVIEW;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURES;

EID: 7944235187     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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