Mind the gap: Multiple events and lengthy delays before presentation with a "first seizure"

Anna L Firkin; David JT Marco; Sibel Saya; Mark R Newton; Terence J O'Brien; Samuel F Berkovic; Anne M McIntosh

Journal article

Mind the gap: Multiple events and lengthy delays before presentation with a "first seizure"

Anna L Firkin, David JT Marco, Sibel Saya, Mark R Newton, Terence J O'Brien, Samuel F Berkovic, Anne M McIntosh

Epilepsia | WILEY | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1111/epi.13127

University of Melbourne Researchers

Anne McIntosh Author Medicine - Austin Health

Mark Newton Author Medical Education

Saul Mullen Author Medical Education

Terry O'Brien Author Medicine and Radiology

David Marco Author Medicine - St Vincent's Hospital

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Grants

Awarded by NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence Grant

Funding Acknowledgements

The authors thank Professor Dennis Velakoulis (The Royal Melbourne Hospital) for assistance with the academic supervision of Ms Anna Firkin. We would also like to thank Ms Megan Cotter and Ms Lisa Johnson for assistance with data collection relating to the First Seizure Clinic at Austin Health. This research was supported in part by the Windermere Foundation Australia and Austin Hospital Medical Research Foundation, Australia. Dr Anne McIntosh was supported in part by the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence Grant 1001216 (The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne).