Should patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures be allowed to drive?

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 895-897

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a   Blustein, Joseph N ^b   Sunstad, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Division of Motor Vehicles   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving; Motor vehicle crashes; Pseudoseizures; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Seizures; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0033920470     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00259.x     Document Type: Article

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