Differential diagnosis of sleep disorders, non-epileptic attacks and epileptic seizures.
Making a correct diagnosis in patients presenting with attack disorders is important. The clinical features of autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy and concussive seizures are reviewed. Recent work on the diagnosis and investigation of psychogenic non-epileptic attacks, drop attacks, falls, syncope and sleep disorders is discussed.
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University of Dundee, Department of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, UK.
D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017034:Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014741:Video Recording