Medical comorbidities in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic spells (PNES) referred for video-EEG monitoring

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-140

  Dixit, Ronak ^a   Popescu, Alexandra ^b   Bagić, Anto ^b   Ghearing, Gena ^b   Hendrickson, Rick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Fibromyalgia; Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); PNES; Psychogenic nonepileptic spells; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEO ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ADULT; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878883078     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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