Golden NH, Bennett HS, Pollack MA, Schoenberg SK. Seizures in adolescence. A review of patients admitted in an adolescent service.
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH CARE : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR ADOLESCENT MEDICINE 1985;
6:25-7. [PMID:
3965415 DOI:
10.1016/s0197-0070(85)80100-5]
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Abstract
The admissions of new seizure patients to an adolescent service over a 10-year period were retrospectively reviewed with regard to the patient's etiology, work-up, and outcome. Head trauma and pseudoseizures were common, 21% and 19%, respectively. In general, the outcome in adolescents appears to depend more on the underlying diagnosis than on how the seizure presents.
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