Diagnoses made in a secondary care "fits, faints, and funny turns" clinic

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 214-218

  Hindley, D ^a,b   Ali, A ^c   Robson, C ^c  

^a Halliwell Children's Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b FAIRFIELD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL VERTIGO OF CHILDHOOD; BODY MOVEMENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DREAMING; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NEWBORN; NIGHTMARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPILEPSY; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NIGHT TERRORS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SYNCOPE; VERTIGO;

EID: 33644648123     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.062455     Document Type: Article

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