Clinical and electroencephalographic correlates of acute encephalopathy

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 443-453

  Sutter, Raoul ^a,b   Kaplan, Peter W ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered mental status; Delirium; EEG patterns; Electroencephalography; Encephalopathy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIRIUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THETA RHYTHM;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 84885457546     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3182a73bc2     Document Type: Review

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