Diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic status epilepticus in the emergency setting

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1727-1729

  Holtkamp, Martin ^a   Othman, Jalal ^a   Buchheim, Katharina ^a   Meierkord, Hartmut ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; CREATINE KINASE; DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC STATUS EPILEPTICUS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

AGED; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745645247     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000218299.15988.9d     Document Type: Article

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