A Case of Epilepsia Partialis Continua Due to Linear Nevus Syndrome with Hemimegalencephaly

Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) is a form of focal status epilepticus often refractory to anticonvulsant therapy. A wide range of abnormalities such as inflammatory, vascular, metabolic-toxic, developmental malformations, and neoplasia cause EPC. Linear nevus syndrome with hemimegalencephaly is o...

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Autores principales: Cornelius, Leema Pauline, Raju, Vivekasaravanan, Lalapet, Ravi A.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5588655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904588
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpn.JPN_17_16
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author Cornelius, Leema Pauline
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description Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) is a form of focal status epilepticus often refractory to anticonvulsant therapy. A wide range of abnormalities such as inflammatory, vascular, metabolic-toxic, developmental malformations, and neoplasia cause EPC. Linear nevus syndrome with hemimegalencephaly is one of the developmental malformations that can present with EPC.
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spelling pubmed-55886552017-09-13 A Case of Epilepsia Partialis Continua Due to Linear Nevus Syndrome with Hemimegalencephaly Cornelius, Leema Pauline Raju, Vivekasaravanan Lalapet, Ravi A. J Pediatr Neurosci Case Report Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) is a form of focal status epilepticus often refractory to anticonvulsant therapy. A wide range of abnormalities such as inflammatory, vascular, metabolic-toxic, developmental malformations, and neoplasia cause EPC. Linear nevus syndrome with hemimegalencephaly is one of the developmental malformations that can present with EPC. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5588655/ /pubmed/28904588 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpn.JPN_17_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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A Case of Epilepsia Partialis Continua Due to Linear Nevus Syndrome with Hemimegalencephaly
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title_full A Case of Epilepsia Partialis Continua Due to Linear Nevus Syndrome with Hemimegalencephaly
title_fullStr A Case of Epilepsia Partialis Continua Due to Linear Nevus Syndrome with Hemimegalencephaly
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Epilepsia Partialis Continua Due to Linear Nevus Syndrome with Hemimegalencephaly
title_short A Case of Epilepsia Partialis Continua Due to Linear Nevus Syndrome with Hemimegalencephaly
title_sort case of epilepsia partialis continua due to linear nevus syndrome with hemimegalencephaly
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5588655/
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