Non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE): clinical features

Evidence-based neurology checklist on non-convulsive status epilepticus (ncse): clinical features: Impaired higher brain function Amnesia Confusion and delirium Confabulation Neglect Impaired body schema Cortical blindness Fluctuating mental state Coma Dementia Impaired speech and language…

Impaired higher brain function

  • Amnesia
  • Confusion and delirium
  • Confabulation
  • Neglect
  • Impaired body schema
  • Cortical blindness
  • Fluctuating mental state
  • Coma
  • Dementia

Impaired speech and language

Psychiatric features

Movement disorders

Automatisms and autonomic features

Other neurological features

References

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