The utility of median somatosensory evoked potentials in anoxic-ischemic coma

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 221-233

  Rothstein, Ted L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxic ischemic coma; Cardiac arrest; Central conduction time; Cortical evoked potentials; Outcome prediction; Persistent vegetative state; Somato sensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOXIA; AROUSAL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 75649116067     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro.2009.20.3-4.221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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