Prevalence of genuine epilepsy among adult emergency patients with an episode of unconsciousness

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-135

  Shintani, Shuzo ^a   Tsuruoka, Shin ^a   Shiigai, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Convulsion; Emergency patient; Genuine epilepsy; Loss of consciousness (LOC)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0035178765     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(00)00466-4     Document Type: Article

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