Video-EEG study of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: Differential characteristics in patients with and without epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2006, Pages 64-67

  Mari, Francesco ^a,b   Di Bonaventura, Carlo ^a,d   Vanacore, Nicola ^c   Fattouch, Jinane ^a   Vaudano, Anna Elisabetta ^a   Egeo, Gabriella ^a   Berardelli, Alfredo ^a,b   Manfredi, Mario ^a,b   Prencipe, Massimiliano ^a   Giallonardo, Anna Teresa ^a,b  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Pseudo seizures; Psychogenic seizures; Video EEG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SUGGESTION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33845531312     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00880.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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