Children with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

Authors

Aisha Gillan University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX
Safiullah Shareef Texas Child Neurology, Plano, TX

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-33-4

Keywords:

Nonepileptic Seizures, Psychogenic, Epilepsy, Conversion Disorder, Convulsion

Abstract

Researchers from the Pediatric Health Information System hospital network analyzed a large multicenter retrospective cohort to determine differences in demographics, clinical characteristics, testing, treatment and healthcare use between children ages 8-20 with epilepsy (n=13,241) and children with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) secondary to conversion disorder (n=399).

Author Biography

Safiullah Shareef, Texas Child Neurology, Plano, TX

Attending Child Neurologist at Texas Child Neurology. Senior Lecturer at UTDallas.

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Published

2019-12-31

Issue

Vol. 33 (2019)

Section

Psychogenic Disorders

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