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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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.
Matilda Ahl +8 more
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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures in Iran [PDF]
Seizure: the Journal of the British Epilepsy Association, 2014 We investigated the demographic and clinical characteristics of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) in patients in Iran.In this prospective study, all patients with a clinical diagnosis of PNES (based on ictal recordings) were recruited at the outpatient epilepsy clinic at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, from 2008 through 2013.
Ali A Asadi-Pooya, Mehrdad Emami
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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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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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Ictal injury in psychogenic non-epileptic seizures [PDF]
Seizure: the Journal of the British Epilepsy Association, 2014 Whilst ictal injuries in psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) have been reported previously, very few studies have described the spectrum of ictal injuries in these patients. In the current study, we tried to determine the spectrum of reported ictal injuries associated with PNES and to investigate the possible associated risk factors.All patients ...
Ali A Asadi-Pooya, Mehrdad Emami
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The role of creatine kinase in distinguishing generalized tonic–clonic seizures from psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and syncope: a retrospective study and meta-analysis of 1300 patients [PDF]
Neurological Research and Practice, 2023 Background/aim As the clinical differentiation between epileptic seizures, psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), and syncope depends mainly on a detailed report of the event, which may not be available, an objective assessment of a potential ...
Ramy Abdelnaby +12 more
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