The epileptogenic properties of the volatile anesthetics sevoflurane and isoflurane in patients with epilepsy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 989-995

  Iijima, Takehiko ^a,c   Nakamura, Zenkou ^b   Iwao, Yasuhide ^a   Sankawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Higashiyamato Medical Center for the Severe Disabled   (Japan)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; NITRAZEPAM; NITROUS OXIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SEVOFLURANE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033800370     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200010000-00041     Document Type: Article

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