Comparison of status epilepticus with prolonged seizure episodes lasting from 10 to 29 minutes

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 164-169

  DeLorenzo, R J ^a,b   Garnett, L K ^a,b   Towne, A R ^a,b   Waterhouse, E J ^a,b   Boggs, J G ^a,b   Morton, L ^a,b   Choudhry, M Afzal ^a,b   Barnes, T ^b   Ko, D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Mortality; Prolonged seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TERMINOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032899922     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02070.x     Document Type: Article

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