Late-life absence status epilepticus: A female disorder?

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-161

  Szucs, Anna ^a,c   Barcs, Gábor ^a   Jakus, Rita ^a   Rásonyi, György ^a   Lalit, Narula ^a   Holló, András ^a   Kelemen, Anna ^a   Janszky, József ^b   Halász, Péter ^a  

^a National Institute of Neurosurgery

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Absence status; Epilepsy; Late absence; Non convulsive status

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LEUKOARAIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 46949104263     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2008.0186     Document Type: Article

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