Prognostic implications of periodic epileptiform discharges

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 985-991

  Orta, Daniel San Juan ^a   Chiappa, Keith H ^a   Quiroz, Alejandro Z ^b   Costello, Daniel J ^a   Cole, Andrew J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIODIC EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; STROKE; TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549128894     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.137     Document Type: Article

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