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Review
. 2006 Feb 11;332(7537):339-42.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.339.

The first seizure and its management in adults and children

Bernd Pohlmann-Eden  1 , Ettore Beghi, Carol Camfield, Peter Camfield
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Review

The first seizure and its management in adults and children

Bernd Pohlmann-Eden et al. BMJ. .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
A 44 year old woman with a first seizure had an apparently normal computed tomogram (left), whereas the corresponding magnetic resonance image (right) was obviously pathological, revealing a right hemispheric glioma—and showing the superiority of MRI for structural imaging
Figure 1
Figure 1
A 44 year old woman with a first seizure had an apparently normal computed tomogram (left), whereas the corresponding magnetic resonance image (right) was obviously pathological, revealing a right hemispheric glioma—and showing the superiority of MRI for structural imaging
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