The misdiagnosis of epilepsy

British Medical Journal

Volumn 324, Issue 7336, 2002, Pages 495-496

  Chadwick, David ^a   Smith, David ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0037006614     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7336.495     Document Type: Editorial

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