Postictal symptoms help distinguish patients with epileptic seizures from those with non-epileptic seizures
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Postictal symptoms help distinguish patients with epileptic seizures from those with non-epileptic seizures
The aim of the study was to assess whether post-ictal symptoms can help distinguish patients who have epileptic seizures from those with non-epileptic seizures (NES). We reviewed the spontaneous responses to the question 'What symptoms do you have after a seizure?' in 16 patients with epileptic seizures (predominantly focal with secondary generalization or generalized tonic-clonic) and 23 NES p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1999.0270