Absence of early epileptiform abnormalities predicts lack of seizures on continuous EEG

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1796-1801

  Shafi, Mouhsin M ^a   Westover, M Brandon ^a   Cole, Andrew J ^a   Kilbride, Ronan D ^a   Hoch, Daniel B ^a   Cash, Sydney S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY EPILEPTIFORM ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TOXIC METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84871236899     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182703fbc     Document Type: Article

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