The diagnosis of epileptic and non-epileptic seizures

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-67

  Kotsopoulos, Irene A W ^a   De Krom, Marc C T F M ^a   Kessels, Fons G H ^a   Lodder, Jan ^a   Troost, Jaap ^a   Twellaar, Mascha ^a   Van Merode, Tiny ^a   Knottnerus, André J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic items; Epileptic seizures; Non epileptic seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXERCISE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART PALPITATION; HEAT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROIMAGING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; RISK; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0346098061     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2003.10.014     Document Type: Article

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