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==Overview==
[[CT scan|Computed tomography scan (CT scan)]] in the [[emergency department]] is helpful in ruling out [[hemorrhage]] or other lesions.
 
== CT==
[[CT scan|Computed tomography scan (CT scan)]] in the [[emergency department]] is helpful in ruling out [[hemorrhage]] or other lesions.<ref name="pmid30743294">{{cite journal| author=Bank AM, Bazil CW| title=Emergency Management of Epilepsy and Seizures. | journal=Semin Neurol | year= 2019 | volume= 39 | issue= 1 | pages= 73-81 | pmid=30743294 | doi=10.1055/s-0038-1677008 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=30743294  }} </ref>
 
==References==
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[[Category:Neurology]]
[[Category:Epilepsy]]
[[Category:Emergency medicine]]
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shakiba Hassanzadeh, MD[2]

Overview

Computed tomography scan (CT scan) in the emergency department is helpful in ruling out hemorrhage or other lesions.

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Computed tomography scan (CT scan) in the emergency department is helpful in ruling out hemorrhage or other lesions.[1]

References

  1. Bank AM, Bazil CW (2019). "Emergency Management of Epilepsy and Seizures". Semin Neurol. 39 (1): 73–81. doi:10.1055/s-0038-1677008. PMID 30743294.