The yield of routine EEG in geriatric patients: A prospective hospital-based study;Apport de l'EEG de routine chez les patients gériatriques: étude prospective dans une population de patients hospitalisés

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 249-254

  Nguyen Michel, V H ^a   Ourabah, Z ^a   Boudali, Y ^b   Gouronnec, A ^a   Elwan, S ^a   Motamed, G ^c   Al Rifai, S ^c   Sebban, C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES FOIX   (France)

^b Paris Descartes University   (France)

^c Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor   (France)

Author keywords

EEG; Elderly patients; Encephalopathy; Epilepsy; Geriatrics; Seizures

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SLEEP PATTERN; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; FRONTAL LOBE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 78649260652     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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