Special considerations for a first seizure in childhood and adolescence

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 40-44

  Camfield, Peter ^a,b   Camfield, Carol ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; First seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENTS; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 37749044216     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01449.x     Document Type: Article

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