Nonconvulsive status epilepticus in the elderly [8]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 476-477

  Martin, Yann ^a   Artaz, Marie Agnes ^a   Bornand Rousselot, Anne ^b  

^a Paris Descartes University   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES FOIX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLONAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; APHASIA; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCINERATION; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 1542405791     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52125_10.x     Document Type: Letter

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