Non-epileptic paroxysmal neurological and cardiac events: the differential diagnosis of epilepsy
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An accurate clinical diagnosis requires differentiation between epilepsy and other causes of transient neurological disturbance and collapse, but the manifestations of epileptic seizures are diverse and there are many imitators, ranging from convulsive syncope to parasomnias. Nevertheless, the diagnosis of epilepsy is frequently straightforward, particularly when precise and detailed personal and eyewitness accounts of the prodrome, onset, evolution and recovery period after the event are obtained.
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