Clinical characteristics as predictors of recurrent alcohol-related seizures

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 886-891

  Rathlev, Niels K ^a   Ulrich, Andrew ^a   Fish, Susan S ^a   D'Onofrio, Gail ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol withdrawal seizures; Alcohol related problems; Alcohol related seizures; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; ANTICONVULSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; PHENYTOIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 0033897307     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02066.x     Document Type: Article

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