How accurate are witness descriptions of epileptic seizures?

Seizure

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 444-447

  Mannan, Janneth B ^a   Wieshmann, Udo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Seizure description; Witness account

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; STUDENT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUNTEER; WITNESS;

EID: 0141605806     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(03)00052-9     Document Type: Article

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