Can semiology predict psychogenic nonepileptic seizures? a prospective study

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 997-1004

  Syed, Tanvir U ^a,g   Lafrance Jr , W Curt ^b   Kahriman, Emine S ^a   Hasan, Saba N ^a   Rajasekaran, Vijayalakshmi ^c   Gulati, Deepak ^a   Borad, Samip ^d   Shahid, Asim ^a   Fernandez Baca, Guadalupe ^a   Garcia, Naiara ^a   Pawlowski, Matthias ^e   Loddenkemper, Tobias ^f   Amina, Shahram ^a   Koubeissi, Mohamad Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM; VIDEORECORDING; WITNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953803532     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22345     Document Type: Article

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