Misdiagnosis of convulsive syncope as epilepsy

Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 359-364

  Zaidi, Amir ^a,b   Fitzpatrick, Adam P ^a,b  

^a MRCP   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0033922598     PISSN: 01973118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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