Acute infantile encephalopathy predominantly affecting the frontal lobes (AIEF)

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1654-1657

  Raha, Sarbani ^a   Udani, Vrajesh ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acute encephalopathy; Predominantly affecting frontal lobes

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ACUTE INFANTILE ENCEPHALOPATHY PREDOMINANTLY AFFECTING THE FRONTAL LOBES; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPULSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; COORDINATION DISORDER; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOLALIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; INFANT; INFLUENZA B; LANGUAGE DELAY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSION; PERSEVERATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; STEREOTYPY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEVER; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 84878432320     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-011-0642-3     Document Type: Article

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