Fatal status epilepticus: A clinico-pathological analysis among 100 patients: From a developing country perspective

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 193-204

  Sinha, Sanjib ^a   Satishchandra, Parthasarathy ^a   Mahadevan, Anita ^a   Bhimani, Bipin C ^a   Kovur, Jerry M E ^a   Shankar, Susarla K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

CNS infections; Frontal lobe; Pathology; Status epilepticus; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957021466     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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