Literature DB >> 1344314

False diagnosis of epilepsy in children.

J Gibbs1, R E Appleton.   

Abstract

Epilepsy is frequently diagnosed incorrectly through a failure to obtain an adequate history and placing inappropriate emphasis on the electroencephalogram (EEG). We describe four children with common, nonepileptic events who were diagnosed initially as having epilepsy.

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Year:  1992        PMID： 1344314     DOI： 10.1016/1059-1311(92)90049-7

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Seizure        ISSN： 1059-1311            Impact factor:   3.184


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