Anoxic-epileptic seizures: Home video recordings of epileptic seizures induced by syncopes

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-19

  Stephenson, John B P ^a   Breningstall, Galen ^b   Steer, Chris ^c   Kirkpatrick, Martin ^d   Horrocks, Iain ^a   Nechay, Alla ^a,e   Zuberi, Sameer ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^c VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Paediatric Hospital No 1   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Anoxic epileptic seizures; Breath holding spells; Home video recording; Neurally mediated syncope; Status epilepticus; Valsalva man uvre

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ANOXIC EPILEPTIC SEIZURE; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROLOGY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE; TONIC SEIZURE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VIDEORECORDING; VOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APNEA; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SYNCOPE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 1942439960     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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