Reassessment: Neuroimaging in the emergency patient presenting with seizure (an evidence-based review): Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1772-1780

  Harden, C L ^a   Huff, J S ^b   Schwartz, T H ^a   Dubinsky, R M ^c   Zimmerman, R D ^a   Weinstein, S ^d   Foltin, J C ^e,f   Theodore, W H ^g  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEIZURE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 35848950205     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000285083.25882.0e     Document Type: Article

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