Epilepsy can be diagnosed when the first two seizures occur on the same day

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1230-1233

  Camfield, Peter ^a,b   Camfield, Carol ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epilepsy; First seizure; Population based

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0033821439     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00331.x     Document Type: Article

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