Hi Dan,
I can't vouch for the quality but in the realm of diagnosis we recently came
across a study looking at a meta-analysis looking at the utility of serume
prolactin immediately after a suspected seizure or syncope.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14988379&query_hl=1
Eddy
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From: "Dan Mayer" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:03 AM
Subject: Studies on Epilepsy
> Hi list,
>
> I have a strange request. I have been asked to speak about EBM to the
> American Eplipsy Society annual meeting. In addition to the usual
> (condensed) rationale and history, I wanted to give an example from the
> Epilepsy literature. My current plan is to use some studies of
> Fosphenytoin, which are potentially flawed and show minimal benefit for
> that drug over conventional Phenytoin. However, I was wondering if
> anyone knew of any other examples from that world?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Dan
>
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