How good are we at diagnosing seizures based on semiology?

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Seneviratne, Udaya ^a   Rajendran, Deepa ^a   Brusco, Maria ^a   Phan, Thanh G ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure; Receiver operating characteristic curve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; VIDEORECORDING;

CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; ROC CURVE; SEIZURES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84859430274     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03382.x     Document Type: Article

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