Exceptionally long absence status: Multifactorial etiology, drug interactions and complications

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 229-232

  D'Agostino, Maria Daniela ^a   Andermann, Frederick ^a,b   Dubeau, Francois ^a   Fedi, Marco ^a   Bastos, Alexandre ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absence status; Adults; Antiepileptic drug interactions; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Petit mal status

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG INTERACTION; EPILEPTIC STATE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHENYTOIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0033288593     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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