How to assess ictal consciousness?

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-20

  Johanson, Mirja ^a   Valli, Katja ^b,c   Revonsuo, Antti ^b,c  

^a Neurological Rehabilitation Clinic   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

content of consciousness; EpiC (Epilepsy specific Content analysis of contents of consciousness in partial seizures); Epilepsy; ictal; Ictal Consciousness Inventory (ICI); level of consciousness; Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory (PCI); Responsiveness in Epilepsy Scale (RES); seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTROSPECTION; NEUROIMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 79953239509     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/874295     Document Type: Article

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