The clinical features, diagnosis, and prognosis of nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Neurologist

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 348-361

  Kaplan, Peter W ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Diagnosis; EEG; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CORTICOSTEROID; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; THIOPENTAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27944500207     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nrl.0000162954.76053.d2     Document Type: Article

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