Misdiagnosis of epileptic seizures as manifestations of psychiatric illnesses

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 487-493

  Mirsattari, Seyed ^a,c   Gofton, Teneille ^a   Chong, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; NEFAZODONE; PAROXETINE; PHENYTOIN; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANIC; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79955497143     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100011914     Document Type: Article

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