Value of Tongue Biting in the Diagnosis of Seizures

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 21, 1995, Pages 2346-2349

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a   Wolgamuth, Barbara R ^a   Goren, Hershel ^a   Brener, Sorin ^a   Fouad Tarazi, Fetnat ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE; TONGUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TONGUE;

EID: 0028822976     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1995.00430210096015     Document Type: Article

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