Tonic-Clonic Seizures in a Patient with Primary Hypoparathyroidism: A Case Report

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-99

  Armelisasso, C ^a   Vaccario, M L ^a   Pontecorvi, A ^a   Mazza, S ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypocalcemia; Hypoparathyroidism; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPILEPSY; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; HUMANS; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MALE;

EID: 2442517759     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940403500209     Document Type: Article

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