Nonepileptic paroxysmal events in a pediatric population

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 272-275

  Kutluay, Ekrem ^a   Selwa, Linda ^b   Minecan, Daniela ^b   Edwards, Jonathan ^c   Beydoun, Ahmad ^d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Nonepileptic; Paroxysmal events; Psychogenic seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; NONEPILEPTIC PAROXYSMAL EVENT; PARASOMNIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEIZURE, EPILEPSY AND CONVULSION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SEIZURES;

EID: 75749127872     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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