Practice parameter: Evaluating a first nonfebrile seizure in children: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, the Child Neurology Society, and the American Epilepsy Society

Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 616-623

  Hirtz, D ^a   Ashwal, S ^b   Berg, A ^c   Bettis, David ^d   Camfield, C ^e   Camfield, P ^e   Crumrine, P ^f   Elterman, Roy ^d   Schneider, Sanford ^d   Shinnar, S ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IW Killam Hospital for Children ^*

^e Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033811002     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.55.5.616     Document Type: Article

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