Sevoflurane is epileptogenic in healthy subjects at surgical levels of anesthesia

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1073-1078

  Jaaskelainen S K ^a   Kaisti, K ^b   Suni, L ^b   Hinkka, S ^b   Scheinin, H ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; SEIZURE; TIME;

EID: 0344464901     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000090565.15739.8D     Document Type: Article

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