Usefulness of the head-upright tilt test for distinguishing syncope and epilepsy in children

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 709-713

  Eiris Punal J ^a,b   Rodriguez Nunez A ^a   Fernandez Martinez N ^a   Fuster, M ^a   Castro Gago, M ^a   Martinon J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE GALICIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Convulsive syncope; Epileptiform EEG discharges; Head upright tilt test; Nonepileptic events

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATENOLOL; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0034954298     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.45699.x     Document Type: Article

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