How large must an epileptic focus be to cause an electrographic status epilepticus - A case report

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2274-2279

  Fauser, Susanne ^a   Schulze Bonhage, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrographic status epilepticus; Focus size; Hippocampus; Humans

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 4444288152     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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