A practical approach to uncomplicated seizures in children

American Family Physician

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1109-1116

  Mcabee, Gary N ^a,d   Wark, James E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Children's Regional Hospital   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Division of Child Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; REVIEW;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; HUMANS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034283245     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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