Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 446-449 , September 2010

Non-paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis characterized by mesio-temporal seizures and extratemporal lesions: A case report

  • Vittoria Cianci

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurology, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy
    • Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro; Regional Epilepsy Center, Italy
    • ,
  • Angelo Labate

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurology, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy
    • ,
  • Pierluigi Lanza

      Affiliations

    • National Research Council, Piano Lago–Mangone, Cosenza, Italy
    • ,
  • Angela Vincent

      Affiliations

    • Neurosciences Group, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Department of Clinical Neurology, England, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Antonio Gambardella

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurology, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy
    • National Research Council, Piano Lago–Mangone, Cosenza, Italy
    • ,
  • Damiano Branca

      Affiliations

    • Neurological Unit, “Riuniti” Hospital of Reggio Calabria, Italy
    • ,
  • Luciano Arcudi

      Affiliations

    • Neurological Unit, “Riuniti” Hospital of Reggio Calabria, Italy
    • ,
  • Umberto Aguglia

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neurology, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy
    • Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro; Regional Epilepsy Center, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Centro Regionale Epilessie, Presidio Riuniti, Via Melacrino, 89100, Reggio Cal., Italy. Tel.: +39 333 3167327; fax: +39 0965 397973.

Received 12 December 2009 ,Revised 21 May 2010 ,Accepted 4 June 2010.

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PII: S1059-1311(10)00116-0

doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.06.002

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 446-449 , September 2010

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