A spell in the epilepsy clinic and a history of "chronic pain" or "fibromyalgia" independently predict a diagnosis of psychogenic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 264-265

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PAIN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 13844272005     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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