Seizure versus syncope

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-180

  McKeon, Andrew ^a   Vaughan, Carl ^b   Delanty, Norman ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETILEFRINE; ETIRACETAM; FLUDROCORTISONE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; METOPROLOL; MIDODRINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PAROXETINE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEIZURES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 30844468162     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(06)70350-7     Document Type: Review

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