Avoiding pitfalls in the management of epilepsy

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 246-250

  Hui, A C F ^a   Yeung, H M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0034949988     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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