Clinical spectrum of psychogenic non epileptic seizures in children; an observational study
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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) need to be differentiated from epileptic seizures as the management varies for both. Presence of tongue biting, falling and urinary incontinence favors a diagnosis of epileptic seizures. We report two children with features suggestive of epileptic seizures that were eventually diagnosed as PNES with the help of video-EEG monitoring.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.04.024