Parry-Romberg Syndrome and Rasmussen Encephalitis: Possible Association. Clinical and Neuroimaging Features

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-193

  Longo, Daniela ^a   Paonessa, Amalia ^a   Specchio, Nicola ^a   Delfino, Luciana Nogueira ^a   Claps, Dianela ^a   Fusco, Lucia ^a   Randisi, Francesco ^a   Genovese, Elisabetta ^a   Vigevano, Federico ^a   Fariello, Giuseppe ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childhood diseases; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Parry Romberg syndrome; Rasmussen encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEMIFACIAL ATROPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FACIAL HEMIATROPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953038263     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2009.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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