Misdiagnosis of seizures: Insulinoma presenting as adult-onset seizure disorder

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1091-1092

  Graves, T D ^a   Gandhi, S ^b   Smith, S J M ^b   Sisodiya, S M ^b   Conway, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULINOMA; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULINOMA; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SEIZURES;

EID: 3442895414     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.029249     Document Type: Article

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