Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures are associated with an increased risk of obesity

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-93

  Marquez, Anna Vinter ^a   Farias, Sarah T ^a   Apperson, Michelle ^a   Koopmans, Suzanne ^a   Jorgensen, Julie ^a   Shatzel, Alan ^a   Alsaadi, Taoufik M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Body mass index; Nonepileptic seizures; Obesity; Overweight; Pseudoseizures; Psychogenic seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GABAPENTIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT GAIN; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONVERSION DISORDER; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEIZURES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 1542378047     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2003.10.019     Document Type: Article

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