Behaviors mimicking seizures in institutionalized individuals with multiple disabilities and epilepsy: A video-EEG study

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 242-244

  deToledo, John C ^a   Lowe, Merredith R ^a   Haddad, Helena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fairview Training Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Mental retardation; Pseudoseizures; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; SEDATIVE AGENT; WATER;

ABSENCE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLINKING; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FALLING; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE TONE; NURSE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SEIZURE; SELF STIMULATION; SIMULATION; SOMNOLENCE; STAFF; STEREOTYPY; SWALLOWING; TEACHER; TELEMETRY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0036623716     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(02)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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