EEG in convulsive and nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 319-331

  Brenner, Richard P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WPIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Convulsive; EEG; Nonconvulsive; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONVULSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

COMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES;

EID: 10344226685     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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