Status epilepticus at an urban public hospital in the 1980s

Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 483-488

  Lowenstein, Daniel H ^a   Alldredge, Brian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; UNITED STATES; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTICONVULSANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027406648     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.43.3_part_1.483     Document Type: Article

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