Safety of long-term video-electroencephalographic monitoring for evaluation of epilepsy

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 495-500

  Noe, Katherine H ^a,b   Drazkowski, Joseph F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONVULSION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 67049096647     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/84.6.495     Document Type: Article

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