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EPISODES OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR SEIZURES: PSEUDO-SEIZURES

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:16 Comments Off

Psychological symptoms may cause intentional or subconscious episodic alterations in function or in consciousness that are mistaken for seizures but are not, in fact, of electrical origin and hence are not seizures. Although they may closely imitate seizures, such nonelectrical episodes are “pseudo-seizures.” “I’m glad we finally got an appointment with you. Leslie’s schoolwork is [...]

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