Asynchronous and asymmetric burst-suppression in a patient with a corpus callosum lesion

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-105

  Lambrakis, Christos C ^a,b   Lancman, Marcelo E ^a,b   Romano, Chris ^b  

^a Compreh Epilepsy Ctr Hudson V ^*  (United States)

^b WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst suppression; Corpus callosum; Pentobarbital

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; PENTOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032956791     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(98)00102-3     Document Type: Article

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