Evaluation and management of first seizures in adults

American Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1113-1120

  Moore Sledge, Cynthia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; GABATRIL; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG COST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE TOXICITY; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEIZURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030818542     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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