Frequency of a false positive diagnosis of epilepsy: A systematic review of observational studies
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- 作者：Ying Xua ; yxu1@georgeinstitute.org.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Dennis Nguyena ; Armin Mohamedb ; Cheryl Carcela ; Qiang Lia ; Mansur A. Kutlubaevc ; Craig S. Andersona ; b ; Maree L. Hacketta
- 关键词：Epilepsy ; False positive diagnosis ; Systematic-review
- 刊名：Seizure
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：October 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：41
- 期：Complete
- 页码：167-174
- 全文大小：640 K
文摘
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Two to 71 percent patients told they have epilepsy may have been misdiagnosed.
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Syncope and psychogenic non-epileptic paroxysmal events are the commonest imitators.
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Testing with HUTT, ILR, v-EEG and a-EEG would be informative in certain cases.
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Misdiagnosis may lead to misuse of AEDs and affect driving status and employment.