Unilateral continuous subclinical paroxysmal activity: An unusual finding in a patient with recurrent absence status

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 316-320

  Velizarova, Reana ^a,b   Genton, Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^b GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Absence status; Idiopathic generalised epilepsy; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Unilateral EEG discharges

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FRUCTOSE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NAUSEA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WEIGHT GAIN; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; PHENOBARBITAL; RECURRENCE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES; VALPROIC ACID; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79952473013     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2010.0342     Document Type: Note

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