Effect of trained Seizure Alert Dogs® on frequency of tonic-clonic seizures

Seizure

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 402-405

  Strong, Val ^a   Brown, Stephen ^b   Huyton, Margaret ^c   Coyle, Helen ^c  

^a Support Dogs   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^c David Lewis Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Seizure alert dogs; Seizure frequency

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRAINING;

EID: 0036748297     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2001.0656     Document Type: Article

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