The clinical value of chloral hydrate in the routine electroencephalogram

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 215-220

  Britton, Jeffrey W ^a,b   Kosa, Steven C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloral hydrate; EEG; Epileptiform abnormalities; Sedation

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 75849117119     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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