Status epilepticus amauroticus and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in children

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 344-347

  Muro, Valeria L ^a   Yip, Samuel ^a   Huh, Linda ^a   Connolly, Mary B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical visual impairment.; EEG; Ictal blindness; Leukoencephalopathy; Status amauroticus

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; CYCLOSPORIN; LORAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLINDNESS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHENYTOIN; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84882321582     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31829de004     Document Type: Article

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