Ictal catatonia as a manifestation of de novo absence status epilepticus following benzodiazepine withdrawal

Seizure

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 364-366

  Kanemoto, Kousuke ^a   Miyamoto, Toshio ^a   Abe, Ryuji ^a  

^a Kansai Regional Epilepsy Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine withdrawal; De novo absence status; Ictal catatonia

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ABSENCE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032854692     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1999.0309     Document Type: Article

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