Prognosis following postanoxic myoclonus status epilepticus

European Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-13

  Hui, Andrew C F ^a   Cheng, Claudia ^a   Lam, Anita ^b   Mok, Vincent ^a   Joynt, Gavin M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Epilepsy; Myoclonus; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 24944572610     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086755     Document Type: Article

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