New thoughts on first seizure

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 395-398

  McCorry, Dougall J P ^a   Cavanna, Andrea E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug decision making; DVLA guidance; First seizure; Newonset epilepsy; Provoked seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PROLACTIN;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN STEM; CATAPLEXY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISSOCIATIVE FUGUE; DRIVER; DRIVER LICENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPTIC AURA; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BLOOD; BRAIN; CAR DRIVING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LEGAL ASPECT; PATHOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK CAPACITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROLACTIN; SEIZURES; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 78650621191     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-4-395     Document Type: Review

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