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Is the first seizure truly epileptic?
Journal article

Is the first seizure truly epileptic?

  • Perrig S Epilepsy and EEG Unit, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland. Stephen.Perrig@hcuge.ch
  • Jallon P
  • 2008-02-22
Published in:
  • Epilepsia. - 2008
Adult
Child
Comorbidity
Diagnosis, Differential
Dissociative Disorders
Epilepsies, Myoclonic
Epilepsy
Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
REM Sleep Parasomnias
Somatoform Disorders
Syncope
English Transient loss of consciousness (T-LOC) with abnormal posture or movements reflects a temporary dysfunction of the brain, either primary or secondary. In a period of high technological medical access, patients with T-LOC constitute a challenge to improve the medical "art of listening." The difficulty in dealing with isolated paroxysmal phenomena is associated with the probability of the occurrence of a second event and therefore the entrance of the patient into a chronic disorder. We present a detailed analysis of symptoms that should help the general practitioner in the differential diagnosis among three main entities in the adult populations: syncope, epileptic seizure, and psychogenic seizure (dissociative convulsion).
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  • English
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https://sonar.rero.ch/global/documents/117843
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