Postictal generalized electroencephalographic suppression is associated with generalized seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-274

  Surges, Rainer ^a,b   Strzelczyk, Adam ^a,c   Scott, Catherine A ^a   Walker, Matthew C ^a   Sander, Josemir W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d SEIN Epilepsy Institute in The Netherlands Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Generalized tonic clonic seizures; Postictal electroencephalogram; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTICTAL GENERALIZED ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC SUPPRESSION; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; TELEMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

BRAIN WAVES; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TELEMETRY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 79959584627     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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