Evaluation of first nonfebrile seizures

American Family Physician

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 334-340

  Wilden, Jessica A ^a   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHY; NONFEBRILE SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SYNCOPE; TERATOGENICITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84865401656     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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