Paroxysmal sympathetic storms ('Diencephalic seizures') after severe diffuse axonal head injury

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 148-152

  Boeve, B F ^a   Wijdicks, E F M ^a   Benarroch, E E ^a   Schmidt, K D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BROMOCRIPTINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; DIENCEPHALON; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; PAROXYSMAL SYMPATHETIC STORM; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY; TACHYPNEA;

EID: 85085632231     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-6196(11)63647-1     Document Type: Article

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