Subacute Encephalopathy with Seizures in Alcoholics (SESA Syndrome): Report of an Unusual Case

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-218

  Fernández Torre, José L ^a   Agirre, Zaloa ^a   Martínez Martínez, Marián ^a   Rodríguez, Eloy ^b  

^a Department of Clinical Neurophysiology ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Complex Partial Seizures; Electroencephalography; Generalized Tonic Clonic Seizures; Seizures; SESA Syndrome; Subacute Encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONVULSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SEIZURE; SUBACUTE ENCEPHALOPATHY WITH SEIZURES IN ALCOHOLICS SYNDROME;

AGED; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ALCOHOLISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; RARE DISEASES; SEIZURES; SYNDROME; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 33747149994     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940603700310     Document Type: Article

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