Nonconvulsive status epilepticus with generalized 'fast activity'

Seizure

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-70

  Bauer, J ^a,b   Helmstaedter, C ^a   Elger, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Lamotrigine; Pharmacoresistancy; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0031048158     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(97)80056-8     Document Type: Article

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