Upbeat nystagmus as a clinical sign of physostigmine-induced right occipital non-convulsive status epilepticus

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 773-774

  Neugebauer, H ^a   Winkler, T ^a   Feddersen, B ^a   Pfister, H W ^a   Noachtar, S ^a   Straube, A ^a   Pfefferkorn, T ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

AGED; ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; NON CONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; NYSTAGMUS; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OVERDOSE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84862541371     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6257-9     Document Type: Letter

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