Uncovering clinical and radiological associations of triphasic waves in acute encephalopathy: A case-control study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 660-666

  Sutter, R ^a,b   Kaplan, P W ^a,b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Encephalopathy; Neurocritical care; Neuroimaging; Outcome; Subcortical atrophy; Triphasic waves; White matter disease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SUBCORTEX; TRIPHASIC WAVE;

CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROCRITICAL CARE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME; SUBCORTICAL ATROPHY; TRIPHASIC WAVES; WHITE MATTER DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN WAVES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84897927937     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12372     Document Type: Article

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