The yield of routine electroencephalography in the detection of incidental nonconvulsive status epilepticus - A prospective study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 459-462

  Seidel, Stefan ^a   Aull Watschinger, Susanne ^a   Pataraia, Ekaterina ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Electroencephalography; Incidence; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 81855212084     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.06.025     Document Type: Article

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