Prospective population-based study of intermittent and continuous convulsive status epilepticus in Richmond, Virginia

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 752-758

  Waterhouse, Elizabeth J ^a   Garnett, Linda K ^a   Towne, Alan R ^a   Morton, Lawrence D ^a   Barnes, Thomas ^a   Ko, Daijin ^a   DeLorenzo, Robert J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Continuous seizures; Duration; Ictal time; Intermittent seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0033015786     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00774.x     Document Type: Article

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