Epilepsia partialis continua as a manifestation of dengue encephalitis

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 395-397

  Verma, Rajesh ^a   Varatharaj, Aravinthan ^b  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Encephalitis; Epilepsia partialis continua

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DENGUE; DENGUE ENCEPHALITIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEROLOGY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

DENGUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951672145     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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