Agreement between initial and final diagnosis of first seizures, epilepsy and non-epileptic events: A prospective study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1144-1147

  Leung, H ^a,b   Man, C Y ^b   Hui, A C F ^a   Wong, K S ^a   Kwan, P ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HISTORY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MONITORING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; WARD;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 53149088551     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.139048     Document Type: Article

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