Spells : Differential diagnosis and management strategies

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 637-648

  Preblick Salib, C ^a   Jagoda, A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CAROTID SINUS NERVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; NARCOLEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0030747952     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70322-9     Document Type: Article

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