Non-convulsive status epilepticus in elderly individuals: Report of four representative cases

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 78-81

  Fernández Torre, José L ^a,b   Díaz Castroverde, Apolinar G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CABUEÑES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absence status; Complex partial status epilepticus; Elderly patients; Electroencephalogram; Non convulsive status epileptic; Subtle generalised status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZODIAZEPINES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 1642555542     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh030     Document Type: Article

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