Hanging-induced status epilepticus

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-40

  Pesola, Gene R ^a   Westfal, Richard E ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Hanging; Hypoxia; Seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMNESIA; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HANGING; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MUSCLE SPASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0032931106     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(99)90012-8     Document Type: Article

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