Evidence against permanent neurologic damage from nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-331

  Drislane, Frank W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence; Cognitive effects; Complex partial seizures; EEG; Neuropathology; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONVULSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0032792836     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199907000-00004     Document Type: Article

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