Treatment of Status Epilepticus
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Treatment of status epilepticus.
OVER the past 250 years, many accounts of status epilepticus have been published, but its true frequency is difficult to judge. Status epilepticus has been recognized as a clinical entity since 1824 when Calmeil first described patients who had repeated or prolonged uninterrupted epileptic seizures. It has been estimated that about 5% of all epileptic patients at some time in their lives experi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 1991
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-5-3-7