Commentary

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-124

  Meldrum, B S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPILEPTIC STATE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TERMINOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032894721     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02001.x     Document Type: Note

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