Status epilepticus as an initial presentation of Brugada syndrome: A case report

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 387-391

  Huang, Chen Chiu ^a   Chen, Tien Wen ^a   Lin, Feng Chen ^a   Huang, Mao Hsiung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FATALITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RESUSCITATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 24144471761     PISSN: 02575655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70139-1     Document Type: Article

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