Extensive laboratory testing is often performed in the emergency department evaluation of the new-onset seizure patient. To determine the utility of such testing, a prospective study of patients with a new-onset seizure presenting to the ED of an inner-city, university-affiliated teaching hospital w
Does serum prolactin indicate the presence of seizure in the emergency department patient?
β Scribed by Rade B. Vukmir
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Volume
- 251
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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