Epilepsy and Behçet's disease: Cortical and hippocampal involvement in Brazilian patients

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 309, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Dutra, Lívia Almeida ^a   Braga Neto, Pedro ^a   Pedroso, José Luiz ^a   Guedes, Bruno De Vasconcelos Sobreira ^c   De Souza, Larissa Teles ^a   Gonçalves, Célio Roberto ^b   De Souza, Alexandre Wagner Silva ^a   Gabbai, Alberto Alain ^a   Barsottini, Orlando Graziani Povoas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Complex partial seizure; Epilepsy; Neuro Beh et's disease

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CLOBAZAM; COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL;

ACNE; ADULT; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENITAL ULCER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOUTH ULCER; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA VASCULITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SKIN COLOR; TEMPORAL BONE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UVEITIS;

EID: 80052354591     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.07.053     Document Type: Article

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