The value of provocation methods in patients suspected of having non-epileptic seizures

Seizure

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 152-156

  Dericioglu N ^a,b   Saygi, S ^a   Ciger A ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Induction; Non epileptic seizures; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0033136816     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1999.0277     Document Type: Article

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