Comparison of triphasic waves and epileptic discharges in one patient with genetic epilepsy

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 458-461

  Kaplan, Peter W ^a   Schlattman, Dan K ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Infinite Biomedical Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence status epilepticus; EEG; Encephalopathy; Epileptic discharges; Genetic generalized epilepsy; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Status epilepticus; Triphasic waves

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; GENERALIZED NONCONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; GENERALIZED SPIKE WAVE COMPLEX; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LETHARGY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRIPHASIC WAVE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TIME FACTORS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84867001935     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31826bde70     Document Type: Article

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