A review of diagnostic techniques in the differential diagnosis of epileptic and nonepileptic seizures

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-64

  Cragar, Dona E ^a   Berry, David T R ^a   Fakhoury, Toufic A ^a   Cibula, Jean E ^a,b   Schmitt, Frederick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Epilepsy; Neuropsychology; Nonepileptic seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PROLACTIN;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTPATIENT; PROVOCATION TEST; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; BLOOD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VIDEORECORDING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROLACTIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0036490644     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015491123070     Document Type: Review

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