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Part III - Specific Conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2021

Neville M. Jadeja
Neville M. Jadeja
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University of Massachusetts Medical School
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Everything that shakes isn’t a seizure. Before you determine the patient has experienced epileptic seizures, make sure to have considered relevant seizure mimics. These nonepileptic conditions imitate epileptic seizures and recurrences may be misdiagnosed as epilepsy.

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How to Read an EEG , pp. 169 - 247
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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