Anoxia-ischemia: A mechanism of seizure termination in ictal asystole

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 170-173

  Schuele, Stephan U ^a,b   Bermeo, Adriana C ^a,c   Alexopoulos, Andreas V ^a   Burgess, Richard C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ictal asystole; Seizure termination; Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy; SUDEP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICTAL ASYSTOLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DEATH, SUDDEN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEART; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76249121370     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02168.x     Document Type: Article

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