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The importance of acknowledging clinical uncertainty in the diagnosis of epilepsy and non-epileptic events
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- Published on: 1 December 2005
- Published on: 1 December 2005A role for electrocardiography in case management of non-epileptic eventsShow More
Dear Editor,
What is not altogether clear from the case management of non- epileptic events[1] is whether active steps were routinely taken to ascertain the possibility of the co-existence of either the long QT syndrome (LQTS) or the Brugada syndrome, either of which may be underlying causes of non epileptic events which manifest themselves as so-called convulsive syncope.[2,3] For both entities, a family history o...
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