The semiology of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures revisited: Can video alone predict the diagnosis? Preliminary data from a prospective feasibility study

Epilepsia

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 777-785

  Erba, Giuseppe ^a   Giussani, Giorgia ^b   Juersivich, Adam ^a   Magaudda, Adriana ^c   Chiesa, Valentina ^d   Laganà, Angela ^c   Di Rosa, Gabriella ^c   Bianchi, Elisa ^b   Langfitt, John ^a   Beghi, Ettore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epileptic seizures; Monitoring; Nonepileptic seizures; Psychogenic seizures; Semiology; Video

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAINTNESS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; MIXED SEIZURE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIST; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; SEIZURE; VISUAL INFORMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CONVERSION DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; STATISTICS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84960154771     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.13351     Document Type: Article

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