When do psychogenic nonepileptic seizures occur on a video/EEG telemetry unit?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 228-235

  Woollacott, Ione O C ^a   Scott, Catherine ^b,c   Fish, David R ^b,c   Smith, Shelagh M ^b,c   Walker, Matthew C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admissions; Epileptic seizures; Event diagnosis; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TELEMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEMETRY; VIDEOCONFERENCING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749124967     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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