Computed tomography in the evaluation of seizures at the University Hospital of the West Indies

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 151-154

  Soares, D ^a   Reid, M ^a   Fenna, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035376718     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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