Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and management of adults referred to a teaching hospital first seizure clinic

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 961, 2005, Pages 715-718

  Breen, D P ^a   Dunn, M J G ^b   Davenport, R J ^c   Gray, A J ^b  

^a BORDERS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEIZURE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27844465385     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.031203     Document Type: Article

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