First seizure presentation: Do multiple seizures within 24 hours predict recurrence?

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1047-1049

  Kho, Lay Kun ^a,b   Lawn, Nicholas D ^a   Dunne, John W ^a   Linto, Jennie ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748998171     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000237555.12146.66     Document Type: Article

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