Provocative techniques should be used for the diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-109

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG video monitoring; Pseudo seizures; Psychogenic seizures; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PROVOCATION TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPTOM; VALIDITY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67349192208     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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