Wag the dog: Skepticism on seizure alert canines

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 309-

  Doherty, Michael J ^a   Haltiner, Alan M ^a  

^a Epilepsy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; TELEMETRY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEGATIVISM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEIZURES;

EID: 33846453526     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000252369.82956.a3     Document Type: Article

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