The diagnostic value of oral lacerations and incontinence during convulsive "seizures"

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 962-967

  Oliva, Megan ^a   Pattison, Claire ^a   Carino, John ^a   Roten, Annie ^a   Matkovic, Zelko ^a   O'Brien, Terence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Incontinence; Oral lacerations; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONGUE ULCER; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; BITES, HUMAN; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; MOUTH; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TONGUE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 44849095201     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01554.x     Document Type: Article

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