Evaluation of seizure-like episodes in survivors of moderate and severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 290-295

  Hudak, Anne M ^a   Trivedi, Kavita ^a   Harper, Caryn R ^a   Booker, Kimberly ^a   Caesar, Rajani R ^a   Agostini, Mark ^a   Van Ness, Paul C ^a   Diaz Arrastia, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonepileptic seizures; Posttraumatic epilepsy; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDER;

EID: 3142699846     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-200407000-00003     Document Type: Review

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