Emergent EEG in clinical practice

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2149-2155

  Praline, Julien ^a,b   Grujic, Jéléna ^a   Corcia, Philippe ^a,b   Lucas, Brigitte ^a   Hommet, Caroline ^a,b   Autret, Alain ^a   de Toffol, Bertrand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Coma; Confusion; Diagnosis; EEG; Emergency; Epilepsy; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 34548537651     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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