Triphasic waves in a psychiatric population: A retrospective study

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 324-329

  Blatt, Ilan ^a   Brenner, Richard P ^b,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Dementia; Neuroimaging; Psychiatry; Triphasic waves

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; PERIODICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0029737523     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199607000-00006     Document Type: Article

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