Convulsive syncope following placement of sphenoidal electrodes

Brain and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-215

  Detoledo, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Complication; Convulsions; Convulsive syncope; Sphenoidal electrodes; Vasovagal response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLICATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; SEIZURES; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0032967675     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(99)00006-6     Document Type: Article

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