Usefulness of prolonged video-EEG monitoring and provocative procedure with saline injection for the diagnosis of non epileptic seizures of psychogenic origin

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 328-332

  Ribaï, Pascale ^a   Tugendhaft, Patrick ^a   Legros, Benjamin ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Non epileptic seizure of psychogenic origin; Provocative test; Pseudoseizure; Saline injection; Suggestion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NON EPILEPTIC SEIZURE OF PSYCHOGENIC ORIGIN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33644939242     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0991-9     Document Type: Article

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