Urgent indication of the EEG in transient loss or alteration of consciousness;Les indications urgentes de l'EEG face a un malaise, une perte de connaissance breve, une crise epileptique generalisee chez l'adulte

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 390-397

  Vespignani, H ^a   Ducrocq, X ^a   Schaff, J L ^a  

^a Hopital Saint Julien Nancy   (France)

Author keywords

EEG; Medical urgence; Transient loss of consciousness

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

AUTOMATISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0031460685     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0987-7053(97)88805-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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