Is Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus (NCSE) undertreated in patients affected by dementia?

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 363-364

  Lauretani, Fulvio ^a   Maggio, Marcello ^a   Nardelli, Anna ^a   Saccavini, Marsilio ^a   Ceda, Gian Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delirium; Dementia; Non Convulsive Status Epilecticus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; SEIZURE; STUPOR;

EID: 73849128058     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324929     Document Type: Article

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