Historical criteria that distinguish syncope from seizures

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 142-148

  Sheldon, Robert ^a   Rose, Sarah ^a   Ritchie, Debbie ^a   Connolly, Stuart J ^b   Koshman, Mary Lou ^a   Lee, Mary Anne ^a   Frenneaux, Michael ^c   Fisher, Michael ^a   Murphy, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0037014613     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01940-X     Document Type: Article

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