Status epilepticus associated with extensive axonal swelling in the unilateral cerebral cortex and hippocampus

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-390

  Mori, F ^a   Tanji, K ^a   Miki, Y ^a,b   Nishijima, H ^b   Baba, M ^b   Kurotaki, H ^b   Wakabayashi, K ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CLOBAZAM; MIDAZOLAM; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; ANOREXIA; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84860906627     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2011.01223.x     Document Type: Letter

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