Conversation analysis can help to distinguish between epilepsy and non-epileptic seizure disorders: A case comparison

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-50

  Plug, Leendert ^a   Sharrack, Basil ^b   Reuber, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Conversation analysis; Differential diagnosis; Epilepsy; History taking; Psychogenic non epileptic seizures

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 57549099240     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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