Incidence and short-term prognosis of status epilepticus in adults in Bologna, Italy

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 964-968

  Vignatelli, Luca ^a   Tonon, Caterina ^a   D'Alessandro, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Incidence; Prognosis; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPTIC STATE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0038491570     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.63702.x     Document Type: Article

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