False diagnosis of epilepsy in children.
Epilepsy is frequently diagnosed incorrectly through a failure to obtain an adequate history and placing inappropriate emphasis on the electroencephalogram (EEG). We describe four children with common, nonepileptic events who were diagnosed initially as having epilepsy.
Department of Neurology, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital (Alder Hey), UK.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis