Comparison of outcomes of video/EEG monitoring between patients with epileptic seizures and those with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-307

  Zhang, Yi Chen ^a,b   Bromfield, Edward B ^a   Hurwitz, Shelley ^c   Nelson, Aaron ^a   Sylvia, Kristen ^a   Dworetzky, Barbara A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epileptic seizures; Outcome; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Quality of Life in Epilepsy inventory; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG USE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PSYCHOPATHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE; SELF REPORT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 67650429670     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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