Evidence-based guideline: Management of an unprovoked first seizure in adults

Neurology

Volumn 84, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 1705-1713

  Krumholz, Allan ^a,c   Wiebe, Samuel ^d   Gronseth, Gary S ^e   Gloss, David S ^f   Sanchez, Ana M ^b   Kabir, Arif A ^b   Liferidge, Aisha T ^g   Martello, Justin P ^b   Kanner, Andres M ^h   Shinnar, Shlomo ⁱ   Hopp, Jennifer L ^b   French, Jacqueline A ^j  

^a Epilepsy Center Department of Neurology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; REMISSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNPROVOKED FIRST SEIZURE; ADULT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; RISK; SEIZURES; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK; SEIZURES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84928154904     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001487     Document Type: Review

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