Syncope and seizures: Differential diagnosis and evaluation

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 148-159

  Britton, Jeffrey W ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG monitoring; Epilepsy; Ictal bradycardia; Syncope

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SEIZURES; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS;

EID: 3242724733     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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