Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES): Electroencephalographic findings and seizure patterns

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1383-1389

  Kastrup, Oliver ^a   Gerwig, Markus ^a   Frings, Markus ^a   Diener, Hans Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; MRI; Posterior reversible encephalopathy; Prognosis; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864283834     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6362-9     Document Type: Article

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