Epileptiform abnormalities in hepatic encephalopathy

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 230-234

  Ficker, D M ^a   Westmoreland, B F ^a,b   Sharbrough, F W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Hepatic encephalopathy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEPATIC COMA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SPIKE WAVE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0031401764     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199705000-00008     Document Type: Article

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