Generalized seizure in a 30-year-old man with presumed intracranial hemorrhage: A case report

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-138

  McFarlane, Samy ^a   Doty, Christopher ^a   Zehtabchi, Shahriar ^a   Casey, Gerard ^a  

^a KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Hypocalcemia; Hypoparathyroidism; Intracranial hemorrhage; Phenytoin; Seizure; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033867029     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(00)00199-2     Document Type: Article

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