EEG extreme delta brush: An ictal pattern in patients with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 280-285

  Veciana, M ^a   Becerra, J L ^b   Fossas, P ^c   Muriana, D ^c   Sansa, G ^d   Santamarina, E ^e   Gaig, C ^f   Carreno M ^f   Molins, A ^g   Escofet, C ^d   Ley, M ^h   Vivanco, R ^h   Pedro, J ^a   Miro J ^a   Falip, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE MATARÓ   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Encephalitis; Ictal pattern; NMDAr antibodies; Seizure; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RITUXIMAB; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DELTA RHYTHM; DISEASE COURSE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXTREME DELTA BRUSH; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY TERATOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; VIDEORECORDING; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938993413     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.04.032     Document Type: Article

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