New onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) as the heralding manifestation of herpes simplex encephalitis

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Verma, Rajesh ^a   Raut, Tushar Premraj ^a   Giri, Prithvi ^a   Praharaj, Heramba Narayan ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ETIRACETAM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; COUGHING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INSULA; INTERACTIVE VENTILATORY SUPPORT; INTUBATION; IRRELEVANT TALKING; IRRITABILITY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEW ONSET REFRACTORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 84882696136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009466     Document Type: Article

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