Frequency and patterns of MRI abnormalities due to status epilepticus

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-108

  Milligan, Tracey A ^a   Zamani, Amir ^b   Bromfield, Edward ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; MRI; Seizure; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOZAPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 60649095830     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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