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.
Gibbs
J
J
Department of Neurology, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital (Alder Hey), UK.
Appleton
R E
RE
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