Serum creatine phosphokinase is helpful in distinguishing generalized tonic-clonic seizures from psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and vasovagal syncope

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 330-332

  Petramfar, Peyman ^a   Yaghoobi, Ehsan ^a   Nemati, Reza ^a   Asadi Pooya, Ali A ^a,b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Generalized tonic clonic seizures; Nonepileptic seizures; Serum creatine phosphokinase

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PSYCHOPATHY; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATINE KINASE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650461973     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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