Nocturnal Vertebral Compression Fracture: A Presenting Feature of Unrecognized Epileptic Seizures

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-187

  Aboukasm, Amer G ^a   Smith, Brien J ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0031093965     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.6.2.185     Document Type: Article

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