Falls give another reason for taking seizures to heart

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 1874-1875

  Krumholz, Allan ^a,b   Hopp, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYSTOLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FALLING; HUMAN; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 43649086331     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000312285.73631.ff     Document Type: Editorial

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