Stertorous breathing is a reliably identified sign that helps in the differentiation of epileptic from psychogenic non-epileptic convulsions: An audit

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-64

  Sen, Arjune ^a   Scott, Catherine ^b   Sisodiya, Sanjay M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Epilepsy; Psychogenic non epileptic convulsions; Stertorous respiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVULSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE; TELEMETRY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NURSES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEIZURES; TELEMETRY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 35348845080     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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