Ictal eye closure is a reliable indicator for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1730-1731

  Chung, Steve S ^a,b   Gerber, Paula ^a   Kirlin, Kristin A ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745667061     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000218160.31537.87     Document Type: Article

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