Treatment resistant epilepsy or convulsive syncope?

BMJ

Volumn 317, Issue 7162, 1998, Pages 869-

  Zaidi, Amir ^a   Clough, Peter ^b   Scheepers, Bruce ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b David Lewis Centre for Epilepsy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEART DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0032569333     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7162.869     Document Type: Article

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