Role of cranial imaging in epileptic status

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 475-480

  Nair, Pradeep P ^a   Kalita, Jayantee ^a   Misra, Usha K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

CT scan; Mortality; MRI; Outcome; Seizure; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

CT SCAN; MORTALITY; MRI; OUTCOME; SEIZURE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

BODY FLUIDS; SODIUM;

SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349270599     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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