Primary Care: Epilepsy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1145-1151

  Browne, Thomas R ^a   Holmes, Gregory L ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; NEUROSYN; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; ZONISAMIDE;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT PLANNING; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0035849184     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200104123441507     Document Type: Review

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