A new era in epilepsy care: Guidelines address first steps in diagnosis and treatment

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 18-21

  Matchar, David B ^a,b,f,g   Rosenberg, Jay H ^c,d,e,h   Carter, Shelley ⁱ  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c Teva ^*

^d Cephalon   (United States)

^e Berlex   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ LOVELACE CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 31544461488     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 12182583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2005.12.1661     Document Type: Conference Paper

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