Epidemiology of Status Epilepticus

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 316-325

  DeLorenzo, Robert J ^a   Pellock, John M ^a   Towne, Alan R ^a   Boggs, Jane G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

AGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0029064109     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199512040-00003     Document Type: Article

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