Nonconvulsive status epileptus after intravenous contrast medium administration

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1117-1120

  Lukovits, Timothy G ^a   Fadul, Camilo E ^a   Pipas, J Marc ^a   Williamson, Peter D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Glioma; Seizures; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIATRIZOATE; LORAZEPAM; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYTOIN; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029661882     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb01034.x     Document Type: Article

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