Neuroimaging of first-ever seizure
Contribution of MRI if CT is normal
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- First Published August 28, 2013.
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Author Disclosures
- Kevin Ho, MBBS,
- Nicholas Lawn, FRACP,
- Michael Bynevelt, FRANZCR,
- Judy Lee, BA (Nsg) and
- John Dunne, FRACP
- Kevin Ho, MBBS,
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- Nicholas Lawn, FRACP,
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Funding from UCB Pharma to cover travel and accommodation costs (no honoraria) to attend as speaker and tutor at epilepsy and EEG teaching courses August 2012, September 2012 and February 2013
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2006 Grant from UCB Pharma to cover costs of a research assistant for the first seizure database
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2008 Medical Research Foundation, Royal Perth Hospital infrastructure grant for the research project First-ever seizure in adults: clinical features and prognosis.
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- Michael Bynevelt, FRANZCR,
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- Judy Lee, BA (Nsg) and
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- John Dunne, FRACP
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Travel /accommodation expenses only - all but one sponsored by non-profit entities: ASEPA (Asian Epilepsy Academy, International League Against Epilepsy) teaching workshops and EEG certification examinations, Australian and NZ Association of Neurologists teaching courses, Epilepsy Society of Australia teaching workshops,One UCB sponsored teaching masterclass. Specifics outlined below: 13-15 January 2011 Asian Epilepsy Academy (ASEPA) Epilepsy Syndromes Workshop. Harbin, China. 11-12 May 2011 Asian Epilepsy Academy and ANZAN EEG Teaching Course Bangkok, Thailand. 27-29 May 2011 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Malaysian Society of Neurosciences Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia 21-24 September 2011 Fourth CAAE International Epilepsy Forum (CIEF) Nanjing, China on September 21 24 2011 15-16 October 2011 Epilepsy Regional Masterclass Seoul, Korea (UCB funded) 25-26 February 2012 13th Annual Conference of the Indian Epilepsy Association and Indian Epilepsy Society. Cochin, India. 22-25 March 2012 9th Asian and Oceanian Epilepsy Congress Manila, Phillipines. 30-01 March 2012 Australian and New Zealand Neurology Training Course. Sydney, Australia. 13-14 July 2012 Asian Epilepsy Academy (ASEPA) Epilepsy Syndromes Workshop. Guiyang, China. 28-28 July 2012 Australian & NZ Association of Neurologists EMG Course. Sydney, Australia. 21-22 Sept 2012 1st International Epilepsy Symposium, Mongolian 2012 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 26-27 October 2012 Asian Epilepsy Academy teaching course – Status epilepticus. Chonqing, China 22 Feb 2013 Epilepsy Society of Australia Clinical Epilepsy Teaching Course. Melbourne, Australia
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- Radiology Department (KH), Fremantle Hospital; Department of Neurology (NL, JL, JD), Royal Perth Hospital; and Radiology Department (MB), Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia.
- Correspondence to:
nicholaslawn{at}yahoo.com
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- LETTER RE: Neuroimaging of first-ever seizure: Contribution of MRI if CT is normal
- Khichar Purnaran Shubhakaran, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, India, drkhicharsk@gmail.com
- ; Rekha Jakhar Khichar, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, India
Submitted July 26, 2014 - AUTHORS RESPOND: Neuroimaging of first-ever seizure: Contribution of MRI if CT is normal
- Kevin Ho, Fremantle Hospital, Perth, Western Australianicholaslawn@yahoo.com
- ; Nicholas Lawn, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia; Michael Bynevelt, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia; Judy Lee and John Dunne, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
Submitted July 26, 2014 - LETTER RE: Neuroimaging of first-ever seizure: Contribution of MRI if CT is normal
- Nitin K. Sethi, New York-Presbyterian Hospital., New Yorksethinitinmd@hotmail.com
Submitted June 21, 2014 - AUTHORS RESPOND: Neuroimaging of first-ever seizure: Contribution of MRI if CT is normal
- Kevin Ho, Fremantle Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, nicholaslawn@yahoo.com
- ; Nicholas Lawn, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia; Michael Bynevelt, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia; Judy Lee and John Dunne, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
Submitted June 21, 2014
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