Treatment of new-onset epilepsy: Seizures beget discussion

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9476, 2005, Pages 1985-1986

  McIntosh, Anne M ^a   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 20444429050     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66674-3     Document Type: Note

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