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Gender differences in psychogenic non-epileptic seizures [PDF]

Seizure, 2005
Purpose: To determine whether male and female populations of patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are similar, in terms of demographic and social factors, aetiological factors, the clinical characteristics of events and path to ...
Oto, M., Conway, P., McGonigal, A., Duncan, R., Russell, A.J.   +4 more
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Using evidence-based psychotherapy to tailor treatment for patients with functional neurological disorders

Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2021
Functional neurological disorder (FND) frequently presents with comorbid psychopathology (e.g., anxiety, depressive, post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), somatic symptom and pain syndromes, and dissociative and personality disorders).
Lorna Myers, Mercedes Sarudiansky, Guido Korman, Gaston Baslet   +3 more
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Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: to the issue of diagnosis and patient management (with a case report)

Эпилепсия и пароксизмальные состояния, 2021
Establishing misdiagnosis “epilepsy” is a common event comprising 25% total cases of “pharmacoresistant” forms. Eventually, the majority of cases resulted in diagnosing psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, or functional seizures, conversion seizures, and ...
N. I. Shova, D. V. Alekseeva, V. A. Mikhailov   +2 more
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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: Why anaesthesiologist should know?

Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Critical Care, 2022
A 19-year-old primigravida underwent caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia. She presented with seizures on 7th post-operative day. All the common etiological factors for seizures were ruled out.
Pavan Kumar Dammalapati
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Late-Onset Generalized Myoclonic Seizure: Case Report

Archives of Epilepsy, 2021
Most of the epileptic seizures that begin at an advanced age are focal onset seizures due to an underlying structural lesion. Generalized myoclonic seizures, usually seen in adolescence, are very rare in elderly patients without a history of epilepsy. In
Hülya ÖZKAN, Baburhan GÜLDİKEN, Merve Melodi ÇAKAR, Aslı SERT SUNAL, Sezgin KEHAYA   +4 more
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Caregiver burden in psychogenic non-epileptic seizures [PDF]

Seizure, 2020
Caregiver burden in psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) is an important but understudied reality. The objective of this exploratory study was to quantify caregiver burden in PNES and to identify the patient and caregiver characteristics associated with it.PNES patients and their identified caregivers completed surveys about demographic, disease ...
Ioannis, Karakis, Matthew L, Morton, Nicholas J, Janocko, Olivia, Groover, Diane L, Teagarden, Hannah K, Villarreal, David W, Loring, Daniel L, Drane   +7 more
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Nursing a Patient with Nonepileptic Seizures — Case Report

Pielęgniarstwo Neurologiczne i Neurochirurgiczne, 2021
Introduction. Differentiation of epileptic seizures from psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) is problematic and leads to wrong diagnosis. It is estimated that among patients diagnosed with epilepsy, as many as 20–40% suffered from pseudo-epileptic ...
Piotr Wojda
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The relation of fibromyalgia and fibromyalgia symptoms to self-reported seizures.

PLoS ONE, 2021
ObjectiveSeveral epidemiological and clinical reports associate fibromyalgia (FM) with seizure disorders, and clinical studies associate FM diagnosis with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.
Johannes J Rasker, Frederick Wolfe, Ewa G Klaver-Krol, Machiel J Zwarts, Peter M Ten Klooster   +4 more
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A Machine Learning Approach Involving Functional Connectivity Features to Classify Rest-EEG Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures from Healthy Controls

, 2021
Until now, clinicians are not able to evaluate the Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES) from the rest-electroencephalography (EEG) readout. No EEG marker can help differentiate PNES cases from healthy subjects.
Dashtipour, Kia, Amir Hussain, Giuseppe Varone, Nadia Mammone, Benjdira, Bilel, Ieracitano, Cosimo, Kia Dashtipour, Umberto Aguglia, Hussain, Amir, Varone, Giuseppe, Boulila, Wadii, Michele Lo Giudice, Mammone, Nadia, Gasparini, Sara, Bilel Benjdira, Aguglia, Umberto, Sara Gasparini, Neri, Sabrina, Morabito, Francesco Carlo, Lo Giudice, Michele, Sabrina Neri, Francesco Carlo Morabito, Wadii Boulila, Cosimo Ieracitano   +23 more
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Classification of Epileptic and Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures Using Electroencephalography and Electrocardiography

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2023
Patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) may exhibit similar clinical features to patients with epileptic seizures (ES). Misdiagnosis of PNES and ES can lead to inappropriate treatment and significant morbidity. This study investigates the
Wenjuan Xiong, Ewan S. Nurse, Elisabeth Lambert, Mark J. Cook, Tatiana Kameneva   +4 more
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