Focal status epilepticus: Clinical features and significance of different EEG patterns

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1254-1260

  Drislane, Frank W ^a,b   Blum, Andrew S ^a   Schomer, Donald L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Focal status epilepticus; Seizures; Status epilepticus; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0032880028     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00855.x     Document Type: Article

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