New onset refractory convulsive status epilepticus associated with serum neuropil auto-antibodies in a school aged child

Brain and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 687-691

  Milh, Mathieu ^a   Villeneuve, Nathalie ^a   Chapon, Frederique ^a   Gavaret, Martine ^a   Girard, Nadine ^a   Mancini, Josette ^a   Chabrol, Brigitte ^a   Boucraut, José ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Child; Epilepsy; IVIG; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; NEUROPIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPIL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 79960923819     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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