Minimum requirements for the diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A staged approach: A report from the International League Against Epilepsy Nonepileptic Seizures Task Force

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2005-2018

  Lafrance, W Curt ^a,b   Baker, Gus A ^c   Duncan, Rod ^d   Goldstein, Laura H ^e   Reuber, Markus ^f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Electroencephalogram; Epilepsy; Nonepileptic seizures; Tests; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONVERSATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAINTNESS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84887214982     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12356     Document Type: Article

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