Hospital-onset seizures

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 360-364

  Fields, Madeline C ^a   Labovitz, Daniel L ^b   French, Jacqueline A ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ONSET SEIZURE; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84874877681     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamaneurol.337     Document Type: Article

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