Nonconvulsive status epilepticus with frontal features: Quantitating severity of subclinical epileptiform discharges provides a marker for treatment efficacy, recurrence and outcome

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 13-21

  Licht, E A ^a   Fujikawa, D G ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive deficits; Frontal lobe seizures; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Subclinical epileptiform discharges; Subclinical seizures

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LORAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036753372     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(02)00107-9     Document Type: Article

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