Non-convulsive status epilepticus: Usefulness of clinical features in selecting patients for urgent EEG

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-191

  Husain, Aatif M ^a,b   Horn, G J ^c   Jacobson, M P ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT SELECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0037310334     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.2.189     Document Type: Article

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