Diagnostic problems in the initial assessment of epilepsy

Neurologist

Volumn 13, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Falip, Mercè ^a   Gil Nagel, Antonio ^b   Torres, César Viteri ^c   Gómez Alonso, Juan ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL XERAL CÍES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Epilepsy; First seizure; Medical history; Misdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARCINOID; CAROTID SINUS NERVE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; LONG QT SYNDROME; MIGRAINE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NARCOLEPSY; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PARASOMNIA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WALKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STROKE; STUPOR; SYNCOPE; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTIGO;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 37349083796     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31815bb11b     Document Type: Review

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