Factitious psychogenic nonepileptic paroxysmal episodes
Mistaking psychogenic nonepileptic paroxysmal episodes (PNEPEs) for epileptic seizures (ES) is potentially dangerous, and certain features should alert physicians to a possible PNEPE diagnosis. Psychogenic nonepileptic paroxysmal episodes due to factitious seizures carry particularly high risks of m...
Main Authors: | Alissa Romano, Saeed Alqahtani, James Griffith, Mohamad Z. Koubeissi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-01-01
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Series: | Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213323214000413 |
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