Childhood refractory focal epilepsy following acute febrile encephalopathy

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 952-961

  Specchio, N ^a   Fusco, L ^a   Claps, D ^a   Trivisano, M ^b   Longo, D ^a   Cilio, M R ^a   Valeriani, M ^a   Cusmai, R ^a   Cappelletti, S ^a   Gentile, S ^a   Fariello, G ^a   Specchio, L M ^b   Vigevano, F ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Fever; Immune mediated; Intravenous immunoglobulins; Refractory focal epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRRITABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79958775260     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03253.x     Document Type: Article

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