How Refractory is Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus- A Personal View!
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How Refractory is Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus- A Personal View!
The word, super-refectory is coined recently in status epilepticus (SE) when the seizures continue unabated for a day or more, despite rigorous management , leading to subsequent neuronal injury, most of the times and even death [1]. The SuperRefractory Status Epilepeticus is a rare but not uncommon type of ongoing seizure activity and the exact pathophysiology is still not yet studied well. Th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2476-0501
DOI: 10.19080/oajnn.2017.02.555589