Prolonged postictal stupor: Nonconvulsive status epilepticus, medication effect, or postictal state?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 548-551

  Langheinrich, Tobias Christoph ^a   Chattopadhyay, Arup ^a   Kuc, Sue ^a   Reuber, Markus ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Postictal state; Tonic seizures; Tonic status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; THIOPENTAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; SEDATION; STUPOR;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; COMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; PHENOBARBITAL; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; THIOPENTAL; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 27744471385     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.06.018     Document Type: Article

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