Preventing misdiagnosis of epilepsy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 206-209

  Ferrie, C D ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; CHILD DEATH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 33644659130     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.088906     Document Type: Review

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