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Detecting the Malingering of Seizures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Mario F. Mendez
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Abstract

We present the case report of a patient who manifested seizures due to malingering, and discuss the differential diagnosis. The characteristics typical of nonepileptic seizures not due to malingering and of seizures due to malingering are described. Methods of distinguishing nonepileptic seizures from epileptic seizures are outlined, and the differences between seizures due to malingering and other nonepileptic seizures are discussed.

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Grand Rounds
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CNS Spectrums , Volume 3 , Issue 2: Pathophysiologic and Clinical Progress in Parkinson's Disease , February 1998 , pp. 62 - 65
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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