Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure manifestations reported by patients and witnesses

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2028-2035

  Reuber, Markus ^a   Jamnadas Khoda, Jenny ^a,c   Broadhurst, Mark ^d   Grunewald, Richard ^e   Howell, Steve ^e   Koepp, Matthias ^b,c   Sisodiya, Sanjay ^b,c   Walker, Matthew ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^d DERBYSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dissociation; Nonepileptic attack disorder; Semiology; Somatoform disorder; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAROSYMAL EVENT OBSERVER; PAROXYSMAL EVENT PROFILE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SYNCOPE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNITED KINGDOM; WITNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CONVERSION DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80255124804     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03162.x     Document Type: Article

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