Latency to first psychogenic nonepileptic seizure upon admission to inpatient EEG monitoring: Evidence for semiological differences

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-35

  Perrin, Margaret W ^a   Sahoo, Sanjiv K ^a   Goodkin, Howard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy monitoring unit; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure; Seizure latency; Seizure semiology; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PSYCHOGENESIS; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956613060     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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