Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures; a Narrative Review [PDF]
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2020 Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are paroxysmal changes that mimic epileptic seizures, so often misdiagnosed and treated for epilepsy.
Ameneh Jafari +4 more
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Proposal for best practice in the use of video-EEG when psychogenic non-epileptic seizures are a possible diagnosis [PDF]
Clinical Neurophysiology Practice, 2017 The gold-standard for the diagnosis of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) is capturing an attack with typical semiology and lack of epileptic ictal discharges on video-EEG.
Kimberley Whitehead +4 more
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Immune response in blood before and after epileptic and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Inflammatory processes may provoke epileptic seizures and seizures may promote an immune reaction. Hence, the systemic immune reaction is a tempting diagnostic and prognostic marker in epilepsy.
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Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2014 Investigators at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India, conducted a retrospective analysis of semiologic patterns of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) diagnosed by video EEG in 56 children aged < 18 years ...
J Gordon Millichap, John J Millichap
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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures and personality disorders [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Epilepsy and its psychiatric comorbidities have been studied frequently over the course of the last years. However, few studies have aimed to establish the relationship between psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and personality ...
B. Ezquerra
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Neuroimaging studies in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: A systematic meta-review [PDF]
NeuroImage: Clinical, 2017 Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures (PNES) are ‘medically unexplained’ seizure-like episodes which superficially resemble epileptic seizures but which are not caused by epileptiform discharges in the brain.
Marco Mcsweeney +2 more
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Epilepsy in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2010 The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of epilepsy in patients who presented psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). The evaluation was carried out during intensive VEEG monitoring in a diagnostic center for epilepsy in a university hospital. The difficulties involved in reaching this diagnosis are discussed.
Renato Luiz Marchetti +4 more
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Entropy Measures of Electroencephalograms towards the Diagnosis of Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures [PDF]
Entropy, 2022 Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) may resemble epileptic seizures but are not caused by epileptic activity. However, the analysis of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals with entropy algorithms could help identify patterns that differentiate PNES ...
Chloe Hinchliffe +4 more
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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures in youth: Individual and family psychiatric characteristics [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 IntroductionYouth with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are an understudied group associated with significant medical and psychiatric morbidity.
Julia Doss, Julia Doss
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Retraining and control therapy for pediatric psychogenic non‐epileptic seizures [PDF]
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 2020 Objective Our aim was to conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial of a novel cognitive behaviorally based intervention for pediatric PNES called Retraining and Control Therapy (ReACT).
Aaron D. Fobian +2 more
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