Etiology and weekly occurrence of alcohol-related seizures

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 824-828

  Rathlev, Niels K ^a   Ulrich, Andrew ^a   Shieh, Ted C ^a   Callum, Michael G ^a   Bernstein, Edward ^a   D'Onofrio, Gail ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol withdrawal seizures; Alcohol related problems; Alcohol related seizures; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLIC DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; BOSTON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036337686     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.8.824     Document Type: Article

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