Survey of management of first-ever seizures in a hospital based community

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 134, Issue 39-40, 2004, Pages 586-592

  Kawkabani, Aïda ^a   Rossetti, Andrea O ^a   Despland, Paul André ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AED; Aetiology; First ever seizure; Hospital cohort; Prognosis; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FIRST EVER SEIZURE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 9144220502     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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