Multifocal brain MRI hypointensities secondary to embolic metal fragments from a mechanical heart valve prosthesis: a possible source of epileptic seizures.
Naumann
M
M
Department of Neurology, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany.
Hofmann
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E
Toyka
K V
KV
D000368:Aged; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male