The first seizure and its management in adults and children

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7537, 2006, Pages 339-342

  Pohlmann Eden, Bernd ^a   Beghi, Ettore ^b   Camfield, Carol ^c   Camfield, Peter ^c  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLOZAPINE; CONVULSANT AGENT; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; MAPROTILINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; THEOPHYLLINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRAMADOL; VALPROIC ACID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEAD INJURY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MIGRAINE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROTOXICITY; NIGHTMARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SLEEP WALKING; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERATOGENICITY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SYNDROME;

EID: 32844458506     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.339     Document Type: Review

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